US Wasp enters eastern Med
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between...
Time for pact with Indonesia
By Sam Roggeveen*
Australia is lucky to have Indonesia as a close neighbour. It’s true that Jakarta is often prickly. Indonesia has never been benign...
Gaza aid pier removed, may not go back
The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S....
June 2024: most US naval combat since WWII
Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen struck multiple civilian cargo vessels in the Red Sea in June, sinking one and prompting the Navy to rescue...
China fiinds US submarine detector in SCS
China's coast guard found a submarine detection device dropped by a US Navy aircraft somewhere in the South China Sea, a state broadcaster reported,...
NATO’s critical naval Ukraine role
During the opening ceremony of Exercise Sea Breeze at Glasgow’s King George V Dock, UK Defence Journal spoke with Rear Admiral Thomas Wall, Commander...
Philippines under Chinese pressure in SCS
By Euan Graham*
China has identified the beleaguered garrison at Second Thomas Shoal as a weak link among the South China Sea features physically occupied...
Chinese coast guard acting like pirates
The Philippines has accused the China Coast Guard of acting “like pirates”, saying personnel armed with knives and spears boarded their resupply vessels at...
US carrier’s fatiguing against Houthis
The combat markings emblazoned on the F/A-18 fighter jet tell the story: 15 missiles and six drones, painted in black just below the cockpit...
Chinese warship close to Philippines
A Chinese amphibious warship is operating near a disputed South China Sea feature that has been the site of a standoff between Chinese and...