Pacific arms race: extra money for US shipbuilding
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has announced called for increased funding for Navy shipbuilding after a major review of its force structure — but...
Quad’s role in ocean environment protection
By David Brewster*
The explosion and fire on board a supertanker off Sri Lanka this month, following closely on last month’s disastrous oil spill in...
Chilean Navy’s assault on illegal fishing
By Francisco Martinez*
The Chilean Navy is more than just a national warfighting force aimed at conventional deterrence. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fires, and tsunamis are...
China tests coercive naval diplomacy
By Shang-su Wu*
Introduction
Since the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned its second aircraft carrier, the possibility of utilizing these capital ships for coercive diplomacy...
Admiral describes carriers’ big future
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers will be prepared to fight at extended ranges well into the future, the service’s director of air warfare said,...
Maintenance delays help carrier critics: Admiral
The head of the U.S. Navy’s East Coast-based aviation enterprise said the service must demand to get aircraft carriers out of their maintenance availabilities...
First NZ Anzac class upgrade
HMNZS Te Kaha has completed the first of the Frigate System Upgrades by Lockheed Martin Canada at the Seaspan shipyard in Victoria, British Columbia. She...
New Deputy Chief of Navy
The Royal Australian Navy officially welcomed Rear Admiral Christopher Smith, RAN, to the role of Deputy Chief of Navy and Head Navy People Training...
Obit: canoe commando in Singapore Harbour
By Peter Hore
Able Seaman 'Moss' Berryman, who had died aged 96, was the last survivor Operation Jaywick, perhaps the most long-ranged and daring special...
Scuttled: web presentation on HMAS Australia I
On a beautiful sunny day in October 1913 the flagship of our new navy, HMAS Australia, a dreadnought battlecruiser and the most powerful warship...