US Navy to axe five Growler squadrons
The U.S. Navy is proposing to deactivate five electronic attack squadrons, or VAQs, that operate the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack jet, roughly a...
US cruisers to go in five years
USS Vicksburg (CG-69) is in the middle of a $200 million repair period meant to keep the guided-missile cruiser in the fleet well into...
China’s first amphibious assault ship operational
In April the PLA-N's first Type-075 amphibious assault ship, the Hainan became operational.
This was China's first independently-built landing helicopter dock ship. It has the...
Viet-Russian exercises in the offing?
By Carl Thayer*
On April 19, RIA Nosvosti filed a dispatch from Vladivostok quoting the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO): “For the first...
PLA-N replenishment ship training video
Video has been released of the PLA Navy’s replenishment ship Chaganhu and the guided-missile destroyer Changsha conducting stern replenishment. View it here.
Guam sub force increased to five
The US Navy now has five submarines homeported in Guam — up from two the service had based there as of November 2021, the...
Second Japanese carrier’s F-35B conversion
DDH "Kaga" is being modified in order to operate the F-35B fighter. The battleship Yamato (once the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy) was built...
Two more Evolved-class patrol boats for Navy
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced the Department of Defence will order an additional two Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPB’s) for the Royal Australian Navy,...
Backlog in US weapons to Taiwan
Pandemic-related acquisition issues have sparked a backlog in the U.S. delivering $14.2 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan that the island has purchased...
Compo talks with French drag on
The Defence Minister Peter Dutton has conceded compensation negotiations with a French company over the dumped future submarine project are likely to drag well...