HMS Protector’s Antarctic mission
The Royal Navy's only Antarctic research ship has completed her first Antarctic mission of the season – revealing the impact of global warming. HMS Protector is on...
Exercise Sea Dragon 2022
Maritime patrol aircraft from Australia, Canada, India, South Korea and the US took part in Exercise Sea Dragon 2022 which commenced on 5 January...
USS Portland tests laser weapon in Gulf of Aden
The amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration on 14 December while sailing in the Gulf...
Russian Pacific Fleet activity increases
In 2021 the Russian Pacific Fleet increased its activity levels by 30-50% over the previous year. For the first time in recent memory an...
Chinese Naval Task Group escort shipping in Gulf of Aden
A PLA-N task group consisting of the guided-missile destroyer Urumqi, guided-missile frigate Yantai and the replenishment ship Taihu is operating in the Gulf of...
Pumice gums up US expeditionary ship
The brand-new expeditionary sea base ship Miguel Keith was nearly sidelined last month after debris from a massive undersea volcanic eruption gummed up vital...
RAN-PNGDF exercise off Darwin
Patrol boats from the Royal Australian Navy and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) maritime element worked together to conduct maritime surveillance and constabulary...
Sea-legs for defence vehicles tested
The two vehicles under consideration for Australia’s multi-billion dollar infantry fighting vehicle project have undergone sea transportability trials on Sydney Harbour, the Australian Defence...
NZ-led force’s big drug seizures
During an intensive period of operations in November, units under the New Zealand-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 command completed eight successful interceptions in...
Carrier Strike Group mission ends
Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has led the Carrier Strike Group (CSG21) across three oceans and five seas, sailing 49,000 nautical miles. Forces Net...