An illegal Chinese salvage operation is raiding two United Kingdom World War II warship wrecks off the coast of Malaysia for scrap steel, aluminium and brass fittings, prompting a statement of concern from the Royal Navy, USNI News has learned. Chuan Hong 68 used a large dredging crane to pluck scrap from the wrecks of […]
SAN DIEGO – The future USS Canberra (LCS 30) will join the U.S. Navy active fleet on July 22 with the U.S. Navy’s first international commissioning ceremony at the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia. Canberra is the first U.S. Navy warship to be commissioned in an allied country. It is the […]
World War Two’s Great Survivor Dies at 103 By Ashleigh Taylor and Tim Barlass Published in Sydney Morning Herald May 25, 2023 FRANK McGOVERN: October 1, 1919 – May 24, 2023 World War Two veteran Frank McGovern, the last survivor of HMAS Perth, has died in Randwick Rehabilitation Hospital aged 103. He was an Able Seaman sunk […]
Concept art of the forthcoming Hunter-class frigate. (ANAO) Australia’s national audit office has delivered a highly critical report on the decision to choose the Type 26 as Australia’s new warship, declaring the Australian Defence organisation did not conduct an effective process in choosing the design. Click on this link to see full ANAO report. Defense […]
NATO’s newly established Critical Undersea Infrastructure Co-ordination Cell is stepping up the alliance’s deterrence and response capability to a ‘clear and present’ risk to such infrastructure, senior NATO officials told a media briefing in early May. French ship Garonne The September 2022 Baltic Sea Nordstream gas pipeline ruptures – incidents NATO attributed to sabotage – […]
Chinese Type 075 amphibious assault ship Hainan As the U.S. works to speed up delivery of previously-purchased weaponry to the government of Taiwan, China’s defense ministry has vowed to “crush” any form of independence for the island, which has governed its own affairs since the 1940s. The U.S. believes Beijing could order a forcible reunification […]
Royal Navy warships HMS Defender and HMS Kent are at the heart of a formidable NATO task force currently off the coast of Scotland. NATO Ship Formation for PHOTEX The aim of this robust assembly is to scrutinise the alliance’s impressive missile and air defence capabilities within the challenging expanse of the North Atlantic. This […]
HMS Prince of Wales is not being “mothballed”, the Defence Secretary has said, after reports of so-called “cannibalisation”. Last August, the £3bn warship broke down off the Isle of Wight as she was leaving Portsmouth for trials in the US and, since then, she has been undergoing repairs, meaning the huge carrier has now spent […]
US Navy to build Modified Virginia class Subsea and Seabed Warfare The Congressional Research Service has published a new report concerning the Virginia class attack submarine. This report mentions the future construction of a Modified Virginia class Subsea and Seabed Warfare (Mod VA SSW). Artist rendering of the future Block V Virginia class USS […]
Japan-circling PLA Navy flotilla completes ‘routine drills,’ shows capabilities of national defense Far sea exercises by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy are routine and display its capabilities, experts said on Thursday, after Japan hyped it spotted a PLA Navy flotilla led by a 10,000 ton-class large destroyer as the latter completed a full […]
