Albion vital to UK standing
A former Commander of the Falklands Task Group and the former Captain of HMS Fearless have urged the Government not to scrap the Albion...
Hunter-class avoids the axe
Australia's troubled Hunter-class frigate program has avoided being axed following a sweeping review of the navy's combat surface fleet, with at least six and...
Fixing an under-gunned Navy
By James Garlick*
The navy is under-gunned for the strategic circumstances Australia faces. For years, commentators have criticised its existing and planned platforms for possessing...
ADV Reliant delivers water to Micronesia
Australian Defence Vessel Reliant delivered 116,000 litres of fresh water to Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. Usually one of the wettest places...
Should hospital ships be armed?
In 1949, the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces set out...
Ukraine sinks Russian ship
A big Russian amphibious ship, the Caesar Kunikov, has been sunk off the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Ukraine's armed forces, the BBC...
From Rocks to Tigers: advocating for Japan’s 30FFM frigate acquisition
By CMDR Paul D Pelczar, RAN
Since the release of last year's Defence Strategic Review, discussions regarding the composition of the current and future Royal...
Close call for USS Gravely
A Houthi anti-ship missile got within a nautical mile of the Navy destroyer Gravely on Tuesday, and the warship used its Phalanx Close-In Weapons...
Regional defence deployments resume
The Australian Defence Force has deployed a Royal Australian Navy warship to conduct the first regional presence deployment for 2024. The Anzac class frigate...
Turkey’s first locally developed frigate
On January 19, Turkey's first-in-class frigate TCG Istanbul entered into service with the country's Navy during a ceremony held at Sefine Shipyard in Yalova...