Ships

China’s first amphibious assault ship operational

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In April the PLA-N's first Type-075 amphibious assault ship, the Hainan became operational. This was China's first independently-built landing helicopter dock ship. It has the...

Guam sub force increased to five

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The US Navy now has five submarines homeported in Guam — up from two the service had based there as of November 2021, the...

Second Japanese carrier’s F-35B conversion

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DDH "Kaga" is being modified in order to operate the F-35B fighter. The battleship Yamato (once the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy) was built...

Two more Evolved-class patrol boats for Navy

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced the Department of Defence will order an additional two Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) for the Royal Australian Navy,...

Compo talks with French drag on

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The Defence Minister Peter Dutton has conceded compensation negotiations with a French company over the dumped future submarine project are likely to drag well...

Anger after Defence buys ship off-shore

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Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship...

Purple Pony back in the water

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HMAS Toowoomba, nicknamed the 'Purple Pony', was returned to the water at Henderson, Western Australia, on April 12 after an 18-month maintenance period. Toowomba is...

Russian ship captain and others killed

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Ukraine claimed today that the captain of the Moskva missile cruiser died in the catastrophe it faced in the Black Sea, according to the...

Hunter-class frigates falling short

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By Paul Greenfield and John Stanford* Since the British Type 26 was announced as the reference design for Royal Australian Navy’s nine Hunter-class frigates, the...

The significance of the Moskva sinking

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By Dr Tom Lewis* It’s early days yet, but the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea, apparently by Ukrainian missiles, looks...