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...
South Korea’s show of naval strength
Destroyers from the South Korean Navy’s new surface action formation held the first fleet-level maritime training exercise over the weekend in a demonstration of...
USS Ford sent to Latin America
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, in the latest escalation and buildup of military forces in...
Maritime drug strikes: working? illegal?
By Tom Sharpe*
Since the beginning of last month, the war on drugs in the Caribbean has taken a significant turn. Navies have been involved...
Exercise Malapura wraps up
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) conducted the 33rd edition of bilateral Exercise Malapura from 7-17 October 2025.
The...
Chinese cutters ram Philippine fishing vessel
Chinese cutters rammed and water cannoned two Philippine fishery vessels near Sandy Cay and Thitu Island over the weekend in the latest spat between...