Pakistan Navy considering buying warships from China, Turkey
THE Pakistan Navy is considering buying super-fast ships from China and Turkey for its special squadron to be deployed at the Gwadar Seaport for...
USS Wasp will deploy with surface action group in 2017
WHEN amphibious warship USS Wasp (LHD-1) deploys the first time from its new homeport in Japan in late 2017, it’ll ship out with some...
Chinese naval training ship arrives in Sydney for visit
Chinese naval training ship Zheng He arrived in Sydney Harbor on Wednesday for a four-day stop as part of its latest training exchange and...
Dangerous waters: the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
How piracy threatens a key waterway – the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Brazil’s ambitious submarine project
By W. Alejandro Sanchez*
IN spite of Brazil’s political crisis, the Brazilian Navy has continued with its ambitious project of domestically constructing a new fleet...
Blurring definitions of naval power
Marjorie Greene looks at increasing concerns about the rise of a global non-state fleet of vessels called the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) conducting missions “other than war” such as fisheries enforcement and interdiction of whaling vessels. She also looks at piracy. Daewoo Shipbuilding launches 2nd submarine for Indonesian navy
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major South Korean shipbuilder, launched a 1,400-ton diesel submarine on Monday for the Indonesian navy, a company...
Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet performs trials of its newest warships
Missile units of the Northern Fleet have performed 38 launches of cruise sea- and ground-based missiles as well as 3 launches of sea-based intercontinental...
US stealth ship, USS Zumwalt, breaks down in Panama Canal
THE most expensive destroyer ever built for the US Navy suffered an engineering problem in the Panama Canal and had to be towed to...
MoD accused of ‘mistakes’ in design of Type 45 destroyer
THE Royal Navy will struggle to deal with the threats facing Britain unless the government steps up plans to modernise the country’s fleet, MPs...