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...
Royal Marines stop drug boat with one shot
Royal Marines have crippled a high-speed drugs boat with a single, pinpoint sniper shot in one of the most dramatic counter-narcotics operations the Royal...
UK, India in major operation
The U.K. Carrier Strike Group and the Indian Navy Vikrant Carrier Strike Group are conducting a joint exercise for the first time, operating together...
Narco submarine in Solomons
Reubenson and Martin Fugui have been boating around their island village their entire lives, but they'd never seen anything like this before. The cousins were...
NZ’s $5.3m phosphate compo payout
The New Zealand government says it has done "the right thing" in offering a $5.3 million compensation payout to the Samoan government after its...
UK strike group off Malaysian coast
The UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by HMS Prince of Wales, has taken part in Exercise Bersama Lima 2025 off the Malaysian coast...