US admiral to lead AUKUS partnership
The admiral who oversees U.S. attack submarine construction has been appointed to lead the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) partnership that promises to develop a...
UK PM to help de-mine Black Sea
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday Britain was willing to assist with demining operations off Ukraine’s southern coast and was considering offering insurance...
High speed and unsinkable
Royal Marine Special Boat Service commandos are testing a new armoured craft capable of 50 knots.
The high-speed, £1million Stormblade, which can carry six commandos,...
Steward occupation in Royal Canadian Navy to be axed
The RCN has announced that the Steward occupation is being eliminated. The announcement was made at a virtual Town Hall held on 13 June,...
1400 in Sea Explorer exercise
The amphibious Exercise Sea Explorer 2022 has come to an end.
The exercise was held at Cowley Beach in North Queensland from May 30 to...
Australian-Fiji maritime patrol
HMAS Ararat earlier this month completed a joint maritime patrol with Republic of Fiji Navy (RFN) Guardian-class patrol boat RFNS Savenaca.
Ararat partnered with Savenaca while operating...
India and Indonesia in coordinated patrol
The 38th edition of India–Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between Indian Navy and Indonesian Navy was conducted from 13-23 June. The corvette INS Karmuk...
China and Vietnam in Gulf of Tonkin patrol
Chinese and Vietnamese naval forces completed the latest joint patrol of the Gulf of Tonkin on 23 June.
The Gulf is known as the...
US’s big naval decisions examined
After two of the four congressional defense committees have debated their fiscal 2023 bills, two key U.S. Navy issues have surfaced as the most...
Nuclear subs this decade?
By Andrew Nicholls and Marcus Hellyer*
In 2009, Kevin Rudd’s government decided to increase Australia’s submarine capability. It wrote in its defence white paper: ‘The Government will...