State of play with Defence estate divestment
By Raelene Lockhorst, Nicholas Meatheringham and Matt Priest*
The Department of Defence is the largest single landholder in the Commonwealth and one of the largest overall landholders...
Russia sinks own vessel in Baltic mishap
Russia faced a grave mishap during its Baltic Navy drills, leading to the accidental sinking of one of its own ships by a missile...
Fourth Chinese spy vessel around India
With India planning to test at least one more nuclear ballistic missile in the next two weeks, a new Chinese spy ship has started...
Inside RN’s maritime control centre
Forces News has been given special access to the Royal Navy's control centre for handling shipping emergencies. Its report follows.
UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre...
ASC and BAE to build new submarines
The Australian government has announced a joint venture between the Commonwealth-owned ASC and BAE Systems Australia to build nuclear submarines for the Royal Australian...
Sinking of Russian ships has come too late
Last week, the Ukrainian military claimed it struck—presumably with British-made Storm Shadow missiles or similar, French-made SCALP-EGs launched by Sukhoi Su-24 bombers—two Russian navy...
Australia facing a submarine-less decade
The provision of American Virginia-class subs depends on US industrial development, military needs, politics – and possibly Trump. Australia has no agency or leverage...
Australia to put $5bn into UK sub production
Britain’s defence secretary has warned that distracted democracies risk emboldening dictators, as Australia prepares to pump almost $5 billion into the United Kingdom’s production...
US postpones attack sub program
The U.S. Navy is pushing back the start of construction on its next-generation attack submarine by nearly a decade, citing tight budgets and a...
China-Iran-Russia conduct Security Belt-2024
On 18 March the Chinese Ministry of Defence reported that the joint maritime exercise Security Belt-2024 involving China, Iran and Russia concluded as the...