F-35C jet plunges into South China Sea
A F-35C fighter jet that crashed onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Carl VinsonMonday subsequently fell into the South China Sea, Navy officials...
Kitty Hawk carrier heads for scrapyard
The US Navy warship USS Kitty Hawk, the last commissioned conventional-powered aircraft carrier, embarked on its final voyage on Saturday, leaving Naval Base Kitsap...
Covid and sea threats bear down on Indonesia
By Adri Wanto*
Many economists predict that the Covid-19 outbreak will cause an economic crisis in Indonesia. Some even say this crisis will be more...
Options for Australia’s n-subs
By Pete Sandeman*
The political and strategic ramifications of the AUKUS pact involving the US, UK and Australia continue to reverberate, but the details of...
First woman to command USS Constitution
For the first time the 224-year-old frigate USS Constitution has a woman commanding officer. On 21 January Commander Billie J. Farrell took command.
Speaking before...
Cairns is first regional maintenance centre
The Royal Australian Navy’s fleet is expanding and will be able to further sustain its edge at sea with the opening of the first...
US Navy reveals details of new surface combatant
By Peter Jones*
The backbone of the US surface combatant force is the Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers (DDG-51s). It is expected that just over...
Russian anti-mine vessel is home
The first of the Alexandrit class MCM vessels to be laid down, the Georgy Kurbatrov arrived in the Black Sea Fleet's main base of Sevastopol on 12 January....
Surface ships in mortal peril
By Andrew Davies*
At an ASPI conference a few years ago, I remarked that I thought that major surface combatants had been obsolete for many...
Cannot do more with less: US Admiral
The Navy should be piqued more easily by the things it’s not doing well, according to the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command.
“We need...