No off-shelf N-sub deal for Australia
Australia has close to zero chance of getting a submarine from the United States’ current program, experts say, as yet another report shows the...
US Navy fits high-energy laser to destroyer
Lockheed Martin has delivered to the US Navy a 60+ Kilowatt high energy laser with integrated optical-dazzler and surveillance (HELIOS) system. It has been...
Workforce is challenge to the US Columbia-Class program
The Program Executive Office (PEO) Strategic Submarines, Rear Admiral Scott Pappano, recently spoke at a USAir Force Association Mitchell Institute forum on the challenges...
HMAS Canberra heads home after three months
By Lieutenant Nancy Cotton
After almost three months at sea on a regional presence deployment through the Pacific, HMAS Canberra is heading back to her...
How did Ukraine strike Crimean bases?
A pair of strikes against Russian bases in Crimea, well behind the Russian military’s lines in Ukraine, sent shockwaves through observers of the ongoing...
China’s exponential warship trajectory
China is “exponentially” increasing its warship capability and has reportedly re-started mass production of guided-missile destroyers, the Guardian reports.
The Chinese Communist party-controlled newspaper, the...
US learning from collisions at sea
The fatal collision of destroyer John S. McCain with the tanker Alnic MC on Aug. 21, 2017, stunned the U.S. Navy. It came just...
Big Russian Arctic exercise
More than 10 Russian warships and submarines are at sea, including “Pyotr Velikye”, the Northern Fleet’s large nuclear-powered battle cruiser, the press service in...
China-Taiwan submarine imbalance
Even to laypeople, the odds of a China-versus-Taiwan underwater faceoff seem unbalanced, VOA News reports.
China’s submarine force: 66 boats in 2020 with 76 expected...
Japan to upgrade missile capability
On August 2, 2022, Japan’s major newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported that the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) is looking at accelerating the deployment of...