Protecting coastlines against China
Navies across the Asia-Pacific region are boosting amphibious capabilities in an effort to protect their complex coastlines, as China continues its flex its military...
Record Japanese defence budget
Japan’s cabinet approved a new $55.13 billion defence budget on Friday, marking the 13th consecutive year that Tokyo has increased defence spending, US Naval...
China’s naval aggro in SCS
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and China Coast Guard (CCG) conducted unprecedented joint maneuvers near the Miyako Strait and the disputed Senkaku Islands...
Ukraine downs Russian chopper in drone first
Ukrainian forces have destroyed a Russian helicopter using a missile fired from a sea drone, the first time such a weapon has been used...
Russian sub based 68km from NATO Norway
The Russian Northern Fleet's newest Yasen-M class submarine will be based 60 km from NATO Norway. The Arkhangelsk will now sail north to Zapadnaya...
Russia, China get ‘target practice’ in Baltic
By Jakub Janda and James Corera*
Weak-kneed responses to attacks on Baltic cables risk allowing the Russia-China axis to conduct free target practice against NATO...
ADV Reliant on a Pacific mission
Australia’s Pacific Support Vessel Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant has departed Brisbane on its first deployment of 2025. Further enhancing Australia’s partnership with the...
Finland seizes suspect Russian oil ship
Authorities from Finland have seized a ship carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea on suspicion it caused the outage of an undersea power...
US pilots shot down by friendly fire
Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the...
Big Chinese Arctic oil find
The Chinese rig Cosl Prospector has discovered up to 52 million barrels of oil in an appraisal well in Norwegian Arctic waters, the Barents...