Russian Navy Cruisers Positioned to Counter U.S., French and Italian Carrier Groups in the Mediterranean Slava-class guided-missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov departs Severomorsk. Russian MoD Photo Three Russian guided-missile cruisers have been arrayed across the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to counter three NATO carrier strike groups, causing concern in the Pentagon, a U.S. defense […]
Dutton and Chief of the Navy Respond to Fears Around Hunter Class Publication of a leaked engineering report criticising the anticipated performance of the RAN’s future Hunter-class frigates has drawn swift rebuttals from the Defence Minister, Defence, and the Chief of Navy. Details of the classified ‘Engineering Team Assessment’ undertaken by Defence in November were […]
France and China Fuelling India and Pakistan Submarine Race South Asian rivals are cranking up competing submarine development programs with duelling strategic partners. In an apparent underwater warfare tit-for-tat, India and Pakistan are bolstering their conventional submarine fleets with French and Chinese assistance respectively. INS Vagir during acceptance trials This month, India began sea trials […]
JFD Successfully Completes NATO Submarine Rescue System Golden Arrow Exercise 2021 JFD successfully completed a comprehensive submarine rescue exercise to mobilise the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The exercise, titled Golden Arrow, was the first deployment of the whole rescue spread since September 2019 and the first sea deployment of the new fibre optic video […]
Upon the request from Tonga, the Chinese military has sent two naval vessels to the country with China’s second batch of disaster-relief supplies in the aftermath of a volcano eruption, sailing off from South China’s Guangzhou on 31 January, the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Experts believe the navy is fully prepared for […]
