Viet-Russian exercises in the offing?
By Carl Thayer*
On April 19, RIA Nosvosti filed a dispatch from Vladivostok quoting the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO): “For the first...
PLA-N replenishment ship training video
Video has been released of the PLA Navy’s replenishment ship Chaganhu and the guided-missile destroyer Changsha conducting stern replenishment. View it here.
Guam sub force increased to five
The US Navy now has five submarines homeported in Guam — up from two the service had based there as of November 2021, the...
Second Japanese carrier’s F-35B conversion
DDH "Kaga" is being modified in order to operate the F-35B fighter. The battleship Yamato (once the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy) was built...
Two more Evolved-class patrol boats for Navy
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced the Department of Defence will order an additional two Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) for the Royal Australian Navy,...
Backlog in US weapons to Taiwan
Pandemic-related acquisition issues have sparked a backlog in the U.S. delivering $14.2 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan that the island has purchased...
Compo talks with French drag on
The Defence Minister Peter Dutton has conceded compensation negotiations with a French company over the dumped future submarine project are likely to drag well...
Anger after Defence buys ship off-shore
Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship...
Purple Pony back in the water
HMAS Toowoomba, nicknamed the 'Purple Pony', was returned to the water at Henderson, Western Australia, on April 12 after an 18-month maintenance period.
Toowomba is...
Russian ship captain and others killed
Ukraine claimed today that the captain of the Moskva missile cruiser died in the catastrophe it faced in the Black Sea, according to the...