PLA-N’s new destroyer
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned a new Type 052D guided missile destroyer, which features upgraded radar, weapon and network systems,...
Report to Congress on new Trump-class
The following is the Dec. 30, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Guided Missile Battleship (BBG) Program: Background and Issues for Congress. The full...
Merchant fleet’s missile capacity
By Colonel T. X. Hammes, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), and Captain R. Robinson Harris, U.S. Navy (Retired)*
In the past half decade, innovators have heeded...
Trump ship: prestige over utility
By Tom Sharpe*
On December 22, 2025, at his Mar-a-Lago resort, President Trump unveiled plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship as the centrepiece of his...
US Navy to get new small frigate
US Navy Secretary John Phelan has announced the service would pursue a new frigate based on HII’s Legend-class national security cutter, which was originally...
PLA-N wants nine carriers by 2035
China plans to field a force of nine aircraft carriers by 2035, according to a Defense Department report on Beijing’s military power released on...
Trump-class huge battleship announced
The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The...
$1bn contract for 18 army landing vessels
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $1.029 billion Design and Build Contract for Landing Craft Medium (LCM) under...
US Navy announces new small surface combatant
On 19 December the US Navy announced its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component...
Reasons for Indonesian carrier
By Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga*
Indonesia’s debate over acquiring an aircraft carrier often covers cost, military role and image. Critics say such ships are offensive...