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For most Singaporeans, the 1983 Sentosa cable car disaster is a distant memory. But the dramatic incident 33 years ago is still clearly etched in the mind of retired Australian naval officer Geoffrey Ledger, who played a key role in the rescue of 13 people trapped in four cars after an oil rig snagged the cable system.

By Bret Perry* On the cold, cloudy afternoon of March 18th, 2018, the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and its Amphibious Readiness Group steamed through the Baltic Sea about 100 miles south of the Swedish island of Gotland, just west of Lithuania and Latvia. With its full squadron of three amphibious assault ships, including the USS Bataan Landing Helicopter Dock, and three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, this impressive US military presence in the Baltic Sea was unprecedented. In response to unusual Russian military activity near Estonia, including the presence of ‘little green men’ in the border town of Narva, the new White House administration was determined to send a message to Moscow. . . .

The United States has sent the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier to waters off South Korea for joint naval drills with its Asian...

Military officials from New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Britain are holding exercises in the South China Sea this month in the latest display...

The Philippine defense chief (pictured) has said that he told the US military that plans for joint patrols and naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea have been put on hold, the first concrete break in defense cooperation after months of increasingly strident comments by the country's new president.

By Norman Friedman* In September, North Korea held its fifth nuclear test, the estimated yield being 30 kilotons, the greatest to date (estimates vary).

Obituary: GEOFFREY LOOSLI 1926 - 2016 (Executive Officer of HMAS Anzac and naval attache in Washington).

By Jan Musil* Rather than the usual discussion of what the U.S. Navy has and how to get Congress to fund more and better ships...

By Bob Hein* Imagine a day sometime in the near future where tensions between the United States and Russia are high and ships are at sea; ready to strike each other at a moment’s notice if given the word.

By Javier Gonzalez* The U.S. Navy is currently working on a new Fleet Structure Assessment, the results of which will eventually help inform the long-term force structure goals of the Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan.