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China’s anti-access area-denial and US Pacific power

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Mina Pollmann*, Director of External Relations for CIMSEC, asks Professor Steve Biddle** at George Washington University about anti-access area-denial (A2/AD) which has become a popular concept when discussing China’s maritime strategy in the Western Pacific.

USN Aegis anti-missile capability and the deterrence of North Korea

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World naval developments. March 2017.

By Norman Friedman* During February and March, Kim Jong-Un continued to escalate his war of nerves against South Korea and its ally the United States. The North Koreans appeared to be preparing for another nuclear test, and some observers interpreted a relatively short-range North Korean missile test as part of an ICBM development program (this now seems unlikely).

Indonesia-Australia: joint patrols in South China Sea?

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By Shafiah F. Muhibat* INDONESIA HAS so far demonstrated a cautious approach to the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Jakarta maintains that it...

Young Endeavour completes circumnavigation

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The Royal Australian Navy operated Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour returned to Sydney on 10 March, having completed a ten-month circumnavigation of Australia.

Missing from Trump’s grand Navy plan: skilled workers

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U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to build dozens of new warships in one of the biggest peace-time expansions of the U.S. Navy....

Malaysian naval power suffers budget woes

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Malaysia’s centrepiece plan for the restructure and recapitalization of its Navy has also been adversely affected by the country’s budget woes, leaving most of...

Ship values successful women

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By Aiswarya Lakshmi International Women's Day at sea onboard HMAS SUCCESS was business as usual with key positions held by female officers and sailors...

Iran, Pakistan hold joint naval drills in east of Hormuz Strait

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Iran and Pakistan will hold joint naval exercises near southern Iranian waters, for which a Pakistani flotilla has already reached here, according to Iran's...

Russian spy ship near US Kings Bay Naval submarine base

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News outlets including CBS News and CNN are reporting that a Russian spy ship has reappeared just 20 miles south of the U.S. Navy submarine base at King’s Bay, Georgia.

HMAS Parramatta rescues three from yacht

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Three people are recovering on board HMAS Parramatta, after being rescued from a stricken yacht in extremely rough seas, more than 1300 kilometres off the West Australian coast, in the Southern Indian Ocean.