Canada flexing in the Pacific
By David Scott*
Canada has been conducting annual Pacific deployments of strategic import, including Westploy in 2016, Operation Poseidon Cutlass in 2017, and Operation Projection...
Six RAN ships welcomed home
This month, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is welcoming home more than 1,000 personnel and six ships from maritime training exercises with regional partners. The...
Bangladesh holds its First International Fleet Review
From 6-9 December the Bangladesh Navy held International Fleet Review (IFR) 2022 to commemorate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 deployment completes
Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 (IPE22) concluded after a successful three months engaging with 14 countries across the region, Defence news reports.
IPE22 finished with a busy...
Five NATO navies in major exercise
NATO navies are holding manoeuvres in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea throughout November, bringing together five aircraft carriers, numerous warships and thousands of...
Successful Japanese missile tests
Two Japanese Maya-class destroyers successfully test-fired SM-3 interceptors against ballistic missile targets off Hawaii last week, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) announced (Nov...
Exercises in Norway close to Russian border
Exercise FLOTEX 22 kicks off this week with navy activities all along Norway’s coastline, from Agder in the south to Troms inside the Arctic...
Indian-Omani Navies Conduct Exercise
The Indian Navy’s guided missile stealth frigate, INS Trikand, offshore patrol vessel, INS Sumitra, a Maritime Patrol Aircraft, (MPA) Dornier, the Royal Navy of...
RNZAF Orion finds missing fishing boats
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K Orion maritime patrol aircraft helped save seven Kiribati and Fijian fishers when it carried out three...
Tigers fire Hellfire Missiles during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 22.
Two Australian Army Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters embarked in the amphibious ship HMAS Adelaide have conducted Hellfire missile firings at sea. A video was...