HMAS Choules joins Exercise Pacific Partnership 26
On 21 July it was announced that the amphibious ship HMAS Choules has arrived in Indonesia for Exercise Pacific Partnership 26, a United States-led...
China conducts first satellite sea-launch
On 23 July the People’s Liberation Army announced that it had launched, on the previous day, nine satellites on one Gravity-1 rocket from sea....
From the ANI Archives: The Sea is a Highway, not a Barrier
Since its inception the ANI has allowed contributors to its journal to write under a pseudonym if they chose. Sometimes it was because the...
Cat-and-mouse games at sea
By Tom Sharpe*
Last Thursday afternoon, high up in the Norwegian Sea, a Russian Tu-142 aircraft made a low pass over HMS Prince of Wales,...
Taiwan deploys missile launchers
Taiwan’s most capable missile launchers are being deployed across the island for a five-day defense drill designed to enhance joint operations and develop concepts...
US seeking carrier-based drones
The U.S. Navy is looking for a family of carrier-based drones that can fulfill a variety of missions, according to a July 14 Request...
US shipbuilding workforce shortage
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the U.S. has fallen dangerously behind on shipbuilding, creating a massive shortage of skilled workers—and a lucrative...
US uses uncrewed vessels in Iran attack
Three Saronic Corsair unmanned surface vessels (USV) attacked a laid up Iranian midget submarine in a first of its kind operation by American forces...
SeaTransport in successful beach landing
SeaTransport's 73m Matilda 1, an Australian-designed stern landing vessel (SLV) under lease to support the US Marine Corps (USMC), has successfully undertaken beach landing...
Canada’s quiet and non-magnetic submarines
Movies taught everybody how submarines get caught: one boat pings, everyone listens, and the quietest crew wins. That part is real. But sound is...