Chinese Navy’s 45 late-gen destroyers
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy has commissioned a new Type 052D class destroyer, the Tongchuan, into service in the South China Sea. The...
China drives off Dutch ship in Paracels
Chinese naval and air forces drove off a Dutch air defense frigate near a disputed archipelago using warnings and electronic interference, Beijing’s South China...
Uncrewed minehunter’s successful docking
In one of the first known operational instances of its kind, the Royal Navy has docked an uncrewed vessel in its minehunting mothership as...
Behind the Mogami deal
Last month’s signing aboard JS Kumano of contracts for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to build the first three Mogami-class frigates for Australia was rightly...
US Navy’s 2026 Navy Shipbuilding Plan
The US Navy has released its Navy Shipbuilding Plan. The Acting Secretary of the Navy, The Hon. Hung Cao stated in his foreword that:...
NZ at crossroads on frigate replacement
The Royal New Zealand Navy is standing at a crossroads. Its two current frigates, HMNZS Te Kaha and HMNZS Te Mana, have served the...
The wrong ships for the wrong job
The United States is not winning the Iran war. It is not going to win it. I have been making that argument since the...
Tanker sailor’s terror in Gulf
The blast tore through the engine room of the tanker MKD Vyom without warning on the morning of 1 March. “There were immense shock...
Sixth Indian Nilgiri-class frigate completed
On 30 April at Mumbai, the Indian Navy’s (IN) sixth ship of the P17A - Nilgiri class stealth frigates, Mahendragiri was delivered to the...
Iron Duke’s emblematic decline
HMS Iron Duke has been stripped of her weapons and sensors and has not been to sea since October 2025, despite no formal decommissioning...