Minister pushes speedy frigate decision
Defence Minister Richard Marles has clashed with one of his top officials over whether the government will delay a critical decision on a new...
Australia donates hydrographic vessel
The Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka handed over a Kongsberg EM2042 shallow water multi-beam echo sounder to the Sri Lanka Navy Hydrographic Service...
Iran’s new dedicated drone carrier
By Tom Sharpe*
Earlier this month, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) gained an interesting new addition – the Shahid Bagheri, described as “the world’s first...
US carrier collides with merchant vessel
Details are still emerging, but the U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman has collided with a merchant vessel identified as the Besiktas-M in...
No substitute for big ships
By Jennifer Parker*
Attack missile boats are no substitutes for the Royal Australian Navy’s major warships, contrary to the contention of a 4 February 2025...
Weapons for merchant ship platforms
By Colonel T. X. Hammes and Captain R. Robinson Harris*
In the past half decade, innovators have heeded calls to increase the Navy’s ship...
Norway arrests Russian-crewed Norway-flagged vessel
Police in Tromsø, Norway, report that the Norwegian Coast Guard has detained the Silver Dania on suspicion of sabotage after a request from Latvian...
UK’s two new unscrewed marine systems
The Ministry of Defence is putting two newly developed uncrewed maritime systems—Snapper and Wasp—through final testing, UK Defence Journal reports.
During a Written Question session...
The alternatives to big ships
By Joseph Zeller*
A single missile can cripple a billion-dollar warship. Australia must explore other forms of sea power to effectively meet its immediate strategic...
Bring back the destroyer tender
If war broke out in the western Pacific tomorrow, how would U.S. Navy ships be supplied and repaired, US Naval Institute News asks? Given...