US Navy accepts attack sub and dock ship
The US Navy has accepted delivery of two future ships: the fast-attack submarine Montana and the amphibious transport dock ship Fort Lauderdale, the Navy...
Big expansion to Chinese shipyard
Jiangnan shipyard on the Yangtze River in Shanghai is important for the Chinese Navy (PLAN). It builds aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and submarines, Naval...
Old cruisers are unsafe, US Navy says
The U.S. Navy has tried to convince Congress to let it decommission the cruiser fleet by making cost-based arguments. It’s tried readiness-based arguments, too, noting...
Second Evolved Cape Class patrol boat launched
The second of six Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boats launched on Saturday 5 March at the Austal Ships shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia, Australian Defence Magazine...
USS Truman aircraft join NATO build-up
With the conflict in Ukraine not far away, fighter jets from the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman are conducting airborne patrols with NATO allied...
The (semi-)announcement on submarine base
By Marcus Hellyer*
One of my colleagues told me on Monday morning that we were going to get a ‘semi-announcement’ on Australia’s submarine basing that...
HMAS Canberra arrives in Tonga
HMAS Canberra has arrived in Tonga to relieve HMAS Adelaide on Operation Tonga Assist 2022. Canberra was guided into Nuku’alofa Harbour by His Majesty’s Armed Forces’ Guardian-class...
RAF Poseidon tracks Russians
An RAF patrol aircraft has monitored the path of multiple Russian warships in the Mediterranean, amid the country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Forces Net...
Details of HMAS Adelaide’s electrical faults emerge
Defence’s 2 January announcement that HMAS Adelaide had been succeeded in command of the ADF Joint Task Group for Operation Tonga Assist 2022 by...
Defects found in Korean submarines
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) announced that defects were found in 3 of the 9 Son Won-il-class submarines, the South Korean variants...