US carrier collides with merchant vessel
Details are still emerging, but the U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman has collided with a merchant vessel identified as the Besiktas-M in...
NZ-led combined task force 150 in ME drug bust
On 11 February it was reported that the New Zealand-led naval Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) in the Middle East has made its...
Chinese fighter releases flares near RAAF plane
A Chinese fighter aircraft released flares in front of an Australian military plane during what Defence describes as an "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction in...
Red Sea photograph wins award
Stunning imagery that peeled back the curtain on the Royal Navy’s operations countering Houthi drones in the Red Sea have won awards at the...
Russian northern fleet struggling
As the war against Ukraine occupies much of Russia's land power, the navy is increasingly struggling with resources, the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) states...
No substitute for big ships
By Jennifer Parker*
Attack missile boats are no substitutes for the Royal Australian Navy’s major warships, contrary to the contention of a 4 February 2025...
Weapons for merchant ship platforms
By Colonel T. X. Hammes and Captain R. Robinson Harris*
In the past half decade, innovators have heeded calls to increase the Navy’s ship...
Surprise new Chinese submarine
China's incredible naval expansion and modernization continues. The latest surprise is yet another new and unexplained submarine. The boat, whose designation is unknown, has...
AUKUS: Eastern states must step up
By Edward Cavanough and Peter Dean*
The AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine partnership has now survived the bumpy inauguration of Donald Trump as US president. It has...
US Navy’s spectacular laser test
The US Navy successfully tested its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, system on one of its warships in fiscal...