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...
Sri Lankan International Fleet Review
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Navy, an International Fleet Review was held in Colombo from 27 to 29 November 2025....
AUSINDEX 2025
In late November the frigate HMAS Ballarat took part in Exercise AUSINDEX 2025 in the waters off Guam. Also participating was the Indian Navy’s...
Australia-Brunei maritime security dialogue
The Royal Brunei Navy (RBN), together with the Australian Defence Force (ADF), recently conducted the Maritime Security and Law Dialogue as part of Indo-Pacific...
US’s 20th narco boat hit
U.S. forces struck a suspected narco boat in the Caribbean Sea earlier this week, killing four people, US Naval Institute News reports.
The strike,...
Border Force’s odd trade in fishing boats
The Australian Border Force’s largest ship has been captured on film leaving Broome Port carrying four fishing boats, in stark visual evidence of its...