The costly Little Crappy Ship
LCS stands for Littoral Combat Ship, but some are referring to it as Little Crappy Ship. This article, published on the Naval Officers Club...
RNZN seeks to replace nearly entire fleet
New Zealand’s Defence Ministry has issued a request for information to replace nearly the entire naval fleet, which currently includes nine ships in six...
Chinese semi-submersible in night-time ops
A special strategic semi-submersible ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently conducted its first nighttime operation training, a move analysts said...
Time to rethink Fleet Auxiliary
By Jennifer Parker*
On 14 December 1944, the Royal Australian Fleet Auxiliary freighting tanker Bishopdale was in the Philippines in San Pedro Bay refuelling Australian...
Submarine arrives caked in algae
Here at The War Zone, we’ve seen our fair share of naval vessels looking, how shall we say, worse for wear, the War Zone...
Sea trials set for China’s new carrier
The latest images surfacing on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo strongly indicate that China’s Fujian aircraft carrier is gearing up for its maiden sea...
How Putin’s yacht escaped sanctions
According to Aleksei Navalny's team of investigators, Vladimir Putin sent his much beloved Graceful through the icy and remote Arctic waters in order to...
US Navy completes first ammunitioning in Eden
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta completed the first ammunitioning for a US warship in Eden when it rearmed its Vertical Launch...
Philippines to commission two ex-USN patrol boats
On 11 September the Philippine Navy (PN) will commission into service two gifted US Navy Cyclone-class patrol vessels. They will be known as the...
China’s new frigate
The new class of guided missile frigate for the People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N), the Type 054B, will feature a longer operational range, more functions...