American supercarrier ‘opens fire’ in Pacific
Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has carried out live-fire exercises in the South China Sea as part of routine operations by the carrier strike...
How the US took a shadow-fleet oil tanker
By Tom Sharpe*
Last week, in the distant waters of the Greenland-Iceland-UK gap, the US Coast Guard cutter Munro seized the oil tanker now known...
Show of force in South Atlantic
In a powerful display of joint capability and commitment to safeguarding sovereignty across the South Atlantic Islands, the UK Armed Forces have successfully executed...
China shows force at Scarborough Shoal
China deployed several warships, cutters and a bomber combat patrol escorted by fighters to Scarborough Shoal in a show of force against Philippine and...
China holds warning exercises around Taiwan
China is holding military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island's key areas, as a warning against "separatist forces", the...
China’s Taiwan blockade drills
Chinese forces fired more than two dozen rockets and rehearsed port seizures on the second day of ongoing blockade drills around Taiwan, US Naval...
Philippine Navy shadows Chinese warships
On 24 December the Philippine Navy (PN) announced that it had deployed two of its warships to monitor and escort a Chinese frigate spotted...
UK strike group home after 8 months
The U.K. Carrier Strike Group returned Sunday to the U.K., having completed its eight-month Operation Highmast deployment and returned to its homeport fully mission...
HMAS Ballarat completes Regional Deployment
The Anzac class frigate HMAS Ballarat has returned to Fleet Base West following a successful three-month Regional Presence Deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
The Navy...
Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime Exercise 2025
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), Indian Navy (IN) and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) conducted the 5th Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime Exercise (SITMEX) from 24 to...