RN’s record drug haul
A Royal Navy-led task force has delivered a record-breaking haul of drugs in its six months tackling crime in the Indian Ocean.
Twenty-two tonnes of...
UK releases Defence Command Paper
The UK Government has published Defence Command Paper 2023 (DCP23) entitled Defence's Response to a More Contested and Volatile World. This is a refresh of...
Indian warships visit Indonesia
The Indian destroyer INS Kolkata and the frigate INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata, have deployed in south eastern asian waters. On 17 July they...
HMS Prince of Wales back in water
A Royal Navy aircraft carrier which broke down just a few miles from its home port has left dry dock in Rosyth after nine...
Loitering munitions added to unmanned vessel
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has added eight Hero-120 loitering munitions to the Long-Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) built by Metal Shark, Naval News...
NATO’s sense of urgency
By Jennifer Parker*
In the build-up to the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the sense of history was palpable. The original NATO construct of...
Britain’s big SSN AUKUS commitment
By Euan Graham*
The pathway to Australia acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, under Pillar 1 of the AUKUS partnership, assigns a prominent role to the UK, as...
Defending Pacific to defend Australia
By Tyson Sara*
Australia is facing the largest challenge to its position of strategic primacy in the South Pacific since World War II as China...
US beefs up presence near Iran
The Defense Department is sending F-35 fighter aircraft and a Navy destroyer, in addition to F-16s, to US Central Command in the Middle East,...
Turning dirty shipping clean
What do you value more – stopping climate chaos or keeping global shipping cheap? That was the dilemma many developing countries faced at the...