The impact of a maritime perspective on land wars
By Norman Friedman*
The ocean is the greatest of all highways. It is much easier to move a ton of goods from Shanghai to Los...
HMAS Supply’s tribute to ancient culture
The crew of HMAS Supply has put a twist on the tradition of ships naming their main passageway after a major street in the...
RAN, RNZN help rescue SW Pacific mariners
In three incidents the RAN and the RNZAF played leading roles in rescuing mariners in the SW Pacific.
In the first incident on 21 May,...
RN looks a commercial tankers to refuel
The Royal Navy has announced that they have been exploring the idea of NATO naval vessels using commercial tankers to supply fuel to warships...
RN retires two Hunter submarines
The Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines HMS Talent and HMS Trenchant were decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 20 May, Naval Today reports.
HMS Trenchant’s...
Dual-use hint in China-Solomons deal
By Anastasia Kapetas*
A reading of some of the headlines on China’s new security deal with Solomon Islands might give the impression that a Chinese naval...
Is now the time for JAUKUS?
The Quad leaders meeting was a good opportunity for the US and Australia to discreetly sound out the possibilities of Japan joining the AUKUS...
Swedes ask for bigger US Baltic presence
Swedish officials are requesting a larger U.S. naval presence in the Baltic Sea as part of the ongoing diplomatic push for Sweden and Finland...
Type 26 frigate’s capability
The Type 26 Frigate has the potential to be one of the most capable warships the Royal Navy has owned in decades but only...
Chinese naval task group bound for Gulf of Aden
On 18 May a PLA-N task group sailed from Zhoushan for a deployment to the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somali. It...