Value of UK’s strike force into Indo-Pacific
On 22nd April, the HMS Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to join the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 2025 (CSG2025) – named Operation HIGHMAST...
JMSDF begins Indo-Pacific deployment 2025
On 21 April units of the JMSDF sailed from Japan to conduct Indo-Pacific Deployment 2025 (IPD25). The deployment’s objectives are to improve the JMSDF...
Operation Sea Spirit
Operation Sea Spirit by Pakistan-led CTF 151 commenced on 21 April. The operation’s aim is to combat maritime piracy and armed robbery off the...
Defence: No Higher Priority
Three of Australia's top strategic and defence analysts in conjunction with the Institute of Public Affairs have – in these times of global turmoil...
US and Australian navy leaders on USS Montana
The Director of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Adm. Bill Houston, who completed his Submarine Command Course training on Collins-class submarine HMAS Rankin...
Pillar II: new uncrewed undersea vessel
ThayerMahan and Ocius have inaugurated a persistent uncrewed undersea surveillance vessel that supports the objectives of AUKUS Pillar II, part of the trilateral security...
Ships sold for tomorrow’s jam
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has confirmed that an agreement has been signed between the Brazilian Navy and the Royal Navy regarding the sale...
UK’s poor decision to sell HM Ships Albion and Bulwark to Brazil
By Desmond Woods*
HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion were sold to Brazil this week. They were valuable national and European maritime assets, and not just...
Trump’s ship-building boost
President Donald Trump on April 9 signed an executive order aimed at revitalizing an American shipbuilding industry that has fallen well behind production levels...
HMAS Sydney takes part in Bersama Shield
Australia’s role as an active security partner in the Indo-Pacific will continue to strengthen, with the launch of Exercise Bersama Shield 2025.
The annual exercise,...