Any Iranian-linked vessel a target
As the US naval blockade of vessels in and out of Iranian ports enters day four, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen....
Russians snooping on UK and Norway
While a Northern Fleet Akula-class submarine sailed out from the Kola Peninsula as a diversion, other Russian naval units from the Main Directorate of...
Importance of Indonesian sea lanes
By Aristyo Rizka Darmawan*
If there is one thing Canberra has learned from the Strait of Hormuz crisis, it is how vulnerable Australia remains and how...
A Hormuz corridor solution
By Frank Bell*
The Strait of Hormuz does not need to be made safe to reopen global shipping. It only needs to be made governable....
Russia in the Indo-Pacific
By Paul Pelczar*
A Russian naval visit to Jakarta in recent days has passed with little media notice in Australia. Drawn from the Pacific Fleet,...
Indonesians find Chinese drone
An Indonesian fisherman has recovered a Chinese reconnaissance underwater drone developed by CSIC (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation), MilitarNUI reports.
According to the Republika media outlet,...
Maritime insurance and Hormuz tanker traffic
By Mark Bailey*
The Strait of Hormuz oil and LNG tanker traffic was not closed by Iranian or US action. Tankers cannot sail because their...
Chinese hospital ship in PNG
On 8 April the Peoples Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) hospital ship Silk Road Ark arrived in the Papua New Guinea capital, Port Moresby. The visit...
Hormuz opening: US or nobody
By Tom Sharpe*
As the US-Israeli war with Iran enters its sixth week, Tehran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a weapon. Since early...
Slow trickle of Hormuz vessels
Cargo vessels and tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz saw a minimal rise last week, despite Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s denial the waterway...