Exercise La Perouse 2023
On 13 and 14 March 2023, the multilateral cooperation Exercise La Perouse 2023 brought together seven nations involved in maritime security in the Indo-Pacific...
French Navy’s round-world exercise
By Dzirhan Mahadzir*
French Navy amphibious warship FS Dixmude (L9015) and frigate FS La Fayette (F710) will depart on Feb. 8 for the Mission Jeanne...
Taiwan Navy on alert after Chinese activity
Taiwan has scrambled fighter jets, put its navy on alert and activated missile systems in response to 34 Chinese military aircraft and nine warships operating...
India conducts its largest war game
The maritime exercise TROPEX 2023 is underway. It is the Indian Navy’s major operational level exercise and is conducted biennially. TROPEX 2023 is the...
Nimitz sails into South China Sea
The aircraft carrier Nimitz started operating in the South China Sea last week for the first time since deploying last month, the Navy Times...
China using enemy to train forces
By Ryan D. Martinson and Conor Kennedy*
Introduction
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has quietly changed the way it interacts with U.S. military forces in the...
Chinese navy’s South China Sea drills
The Chinese navy has carried out a series of “confrontational drills” in the South China Sea, state media has reported, after a United States...
Plug and play idea for carrier strike group
U.S. Fleet Forces is rethinking how to deploy carrier strike groups by changing how it would train and maintain its guided-missile destroyers, commander Adm....
Extraordinary role of dolphins and sea lions
By Gidget Fuentes*
Since 1959, the US Navy has trained a small force of bottlenose dolphins and sea lions to recover lost equipment, intercept intruders...
Reawakening Malabar
By Ben Stevens*
After a false start 15 years ago, the annual Malabar naval exercise has become a key strategic development for the Quadrilateral Security...