Japan to develop remote-controlled underwater probe
TWO Japanese government bodies are working to develop technology for a remote-controlled probe capable of conducting surveys for underwater resources.
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth...
Naval build-up in the Philippines
By Armando J. Heredia*
LIKE many of its regional peers, the Philippines is in the midst of a defense buildup, motivated in no small part...
Chinese warships visit Germany
CHINESE Navy ships Yuncheng (PN 571), Changbaishan (PN 989) and Chao Hu (PN 890), have visited Hamburg in Germany.
It is only the second time...
World naval developments Jan 2015
By Norman Friedman*
CHINA has consistently supported Ukraine during its agony at the hands of Russian-supported separatists. One of the less-publicized reasons why is that...
Fit to be a frigate?
By Steven Wills
ONE of the most persistent complaints about the USA’s Littoral Combatant Ship (LCS) is that it is not fit to replace...
‘Preparedness of Kota Kinabalu naval base must be improved’
MALAYSIAN Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein says the construction of infrastructure needed to refit Malaysia's Scorpene submarines at the Kota Kinabalu Naval Base...
Indonesian Navy limitations exposed in AirAsia search
Reprinted from issue 010 of DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2015 published by http://www.maasmondmaritime.com/ on 2015-01-10
INDONESIA'S hunt for the wreckage of a...
Nuclear sub increase: Russia 5, US 2
Reprinted from issue 029 of DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2015 published by http://www.maasmondmaritime.com/ on 2015-01-29
THE size of the Russian submarine force...
To safeguard the seas
By Commander James Feldkamp*
THE United States Navy is the most preeminent naval force in the world. Following Alfred Mahan’s dictum that “a...