RNZN launches largest vessel
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) commissioned its new fleet tanker/replenishment vessel, HMNZSAotearoa (A 11), in a ceremony held on 29 July at Devonport...
Vale: Able Seaman Forrest (Mick) Jenkins DSM
On 31 July 2020 the town of Waroona in WA held a funeral service for HMAS Shropshire veteran Mr Forrest (Mick) Jenkins, DSM who,...
Magic trick at AUSMIN talks
By Michael Shoebridge*
Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds pulled off a magic trick at this week’s AUSMIN meeting. Australian decisions...
PNG sides with China on Hong Kong law
By Jeffrey Wall*
The United Nations Human Rights Council recently voted on a resolution supporting China’s draconian national security law that has effectively crushed free...
Canada looks to replace “seaman” with “sailor” in ranks
The Royal Canadian Navy has is looking to replace the rank titles of those with the word ‘Seaman’ (Ordinary, Able, Leading and Master Seaman)...
Upgrades to Anzac Class sonar nearly complete
Upgrades to the Spherion B sonar processing systems in the Navy’s Anzac Class Frigates under SEA 1408 Phase 2 is almost complete, the Navy...
Lessons from the Cod Wars
By Walker D. Mills*
Atlantic Cod vary in color from grey to greenish-brown and can grow to be as large as five feet long (though...
Iran fires missile a mock-up Nimitz-class carrier
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a replica aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state television reported...
Advantages in fighting illegal fishing
By Matthew Ader*
Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing costs Asia billions of dollars a year and constitutes a third of the entire regional catch....
New antenna for stealth destroyers
The Defense Innovation Unit has selected Ball Aerospace to develop a new prototype antenna for the U.S. Navy’s new stealth destroyers, the company announced...