Multinational mine-warfare exercise in Korea
In October the Republic of Korea hosted the week-long Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise (MN- MIWEX). The participants nations besides the hosts were Australia, Belgium, Canada,...
Chinese operations in Gulf of Aden
On 25 October the PLA-N’s 42nd rotation of a Task Group in the Gulf of Aden commenced operations. The Task Group, from the Northern...
US, Japan & S Korea in ballistic missile exercise
On 6 October a trilateral ballistic missile defence (BMD) exercise was held in the waters between Korea and Japan. This follows the Democratic People’s...
US & UK conduct surface drone exercise in Arabian Gulf
On 7 October Exercise Phantom Scope, took place in international waters off the Bahraini coast with forces from US 5th Fleet and the Royal...
$100m drug haul in Gulf of Oman
A U.S. Navy destroyer and a Coast Guard cutter operating in the Gulf of Oman seized close to $100 million worth of hashish and...
Biggest military exercise in UK begins
The biggest military exercise in the UK has begun with more than 11,000 sailors, soldiers and aircrew wage a 12-day ‘war’ around the British...
China uses car ferries to take assault craft
The Chinese military held a major exercise to prove how the People’s Liberation Army Navy could use large civilian ferries to launch a massive...
Russian N-subs traverse under Arctic ice sheet
Two of Russia’s newest nuclear-powered submarines have completed a 5,500 nm voyage under the Arctic ice cap, the Barents Observer reports.
Built at Sevmash shipyard...
Russia flexes naval muscle in the north
Hundreds of Northern Fleet soldiers are killed in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Others are sent on exercise to the northernmost tip of...
Japan & India conduct maritime exercise
The sixth edition of the Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2022, JIMEX 2022, was hosted by the Indian Navy in the Bay of Bengal.
It concluded on...