Indian frigate lying on side dockside
On the evening of 21 July the frigate INS Brahmaputra caught fire whilst undergoing a refit at the Mumbai Naval Dockyard. The fire was...
The Naval Mutinies of 1798
The Naval Mutinies of 1798; The Irish plot to seize the Channel Fleet. By Philip MacDougall. Pen and Sword Maritime, Barnsley, Yorkshire, 2024.
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Red Sea: time for Australia to act
By Jennifer Parker*
Last weekend, Israel struck back at the Houthis in Yemen after a fatal Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv. But it is...
S Korea could be an asset to AUKUS
By Jihoon Yu*
The members of AUKUS should expand the security pact to include South Korea. If they do, they will deepen and strengthen the...
Preparing for China’s Indian Ocean push
By Marcus Schultz*
Australia’s defence planners should carefully weigh the risks posed to its vital maritime trade connections by a persistent Chinese naval presence in...
AUKUS navy chiefs visit HMAS Stirling and join panel discussion
Australia’s Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AO, RAN, hosted his international counterparts, the US Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and...
HMAS Sydney’s naval strike missile fired
Royal Australian Navy Hobart Class destroyer, HMAS Sydney, has conducted a successful firing of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) in a major milestone for...
Japan urged to clean up Pacific war wrecks
Ten years ago, Paul Adams was scuba diving among World War II shipwrecks in a popular tourist spot in the Federated States of Micronesia...
First US female air-to-air kill
An F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot from Strike Fighter Squadron 32 became the first American woman to engage and kill an air-to-air contact during the...
Iran’s oil-tanker naval vessels
By Jonathan Campbell-James*
An Iranian warship sailing the deep waters of the Indian Ocean should set alarm bells ringing. The IRGC Navy (NEDSA) completed a...