US Navy seizes weapons off Somalia
The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill seized thousands of illicit weapons — including AK-47 assault rifles and heavy sniper rifles — from two dhows...
Xi licences coastguard to be wolf warriors
By Michael Shoebridge*
Xi Jinping’s control over the China Coast Guard, together with a new law that authorises the coastguard to use force against foreign...
Does RAN need Tomahawk missiles?
By Marcus Hellyer*
The Department of Defence appears to be in the early stages of identifying a ship-launched land-attack missile for acquisition. The government assessed...
The port operators behind China’s naval expansion
By Charlie Lyons Jones and Raphael Veit*
The Chinese Communist Party’s first leader, Mao Zedong, once said that ‘political power grows out of the barrel...
Can Biden limit naval Mid-East presence
By David B. Larter*
By the time the crews of the aircraft carrier Nimitz and its escort ships step on the pier in Bremerton, Washington,...
How China bends rules in South China Sea
By Oriana Skylar Mastro*
Chinese exercises in the South China Sea last month, and the strong US response, show these disputed waters will not soon...
Service medals to be restored to gay military personnel
Thousands of British military personnel who were dismissed on grounds of homosexuality will be able to have their service medals restored if they had...
Australian warship to join UK Pacific exercise
An Australian warship is expected to join HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Carrier Strike Group for exercises in the Pacific region later this year, UKDJ reports.
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Italy’s flagship in F-35B trials in US
Following its Atlantic crossing, the aircraft carrier Cavour, the flagship of the Italian Navy, will conduct its first trials with the F-35B Lightning II...
Canadian Navy chooses multi-role ship
Like many navies around the world, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is making use of the most modern technological advancements in the design and...