In 2009, Australia’s government decided that it would replace eight Anzac-class frigates with nine ships optimised for antisubmarine warfare (ASW). There was no justification in the Royal Australian Navy capstone doctrine for acquiring and optimising a frigate for ASW, which it regarded as among the most difficult of naval operations to be conducted and most […]
For the first time, China’s navy has appointed a female officer as the commanding officer of one of its surface combatants. In time for the PLA Navy’s 73rd anniversary, state media announced that Wei Huixiao has been named the CO of the Shaoxing, a brand new Type 052D class destroyer. It is the first time […]
Analysis: Chain of Negligence Caused the Loss of the Cruiser Moskva The shock of the sinking of the Slava-class cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, continues. In the absence of a satisfactory evidence-based explanation for the event, there has been much speculation. Although the actual cause of the ship’s sinking is […]
First pictures of sinking Russian warship Moskva as survivor describes horrors on board Photos thought to have been taken by a passing Turkish ship show Russia’s flagship Moskva before it sank after allegedly being struck by Ukrainian missiles A picture us worth a thousand words! These are the first images showing Russia’s Moskva warship as […]
Russia had a chance to cut off Ukraine from the sea. It blew it. Now it’s highly likely, however and whenever the war ends, that Ukraine still will have access to sea trade—and an opportunity to rebuild its economy. Ukraine prior to 2014 had several strategic ports. From east to west, they included Mariupol and […]
