SAS Manthatisi on the surface at speed. The woes that the suffering South African Navy continues to have to endure make for depressing reading. So to see one of her capital ships out at sea is always a tonic. Sadly, if said capital ship appears to be doing something strange, or misunderstood, then the tendency […]
“Never did the Empire look so good as when it was seen from the Republic, it was said of Napoleon III’s regime in the early years of the Third Republic. With slight modification, the statement might also stand for the French vision of Indochina and Algeria right after World War II.” Torture was […]
German shipbuilder Luerssen says it can build small capable warships in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy within five years if the government decides to go down the corvette path. Luerssen is well established in Australia as builder of the Navy’s Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). The company is proposing its C90 corvette for Australia, […]
Indo-Pacific Command chief John Aquilino tells Aspen Security Forum that the US had not received a response to the invitation to attend the event in Fiji. China is refusing requests to resume high-level talks, with sanctions on Defence Minister Li Shangfu an ongoing source of tension Adm John Aquilino said the PLA had spurned several […]
New Delhi: Negotiations for India’s acquisition for the Scorpene submarines from France are on track and both sides do not expect any sort of difficulty in concluding the deal, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Both countries hailed the success of the first Scorpene submarine construction programme (P75 – Kalvari), a model of […]
USS Canberra (LCS 30) has arrived at the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet Base East in Sydney for a one-of-a-kind commissioning later this week. The United States Navy’s 16th Independence Class littoral combat ship arrived on 18 July ahead of its commissioning on 22 July, before returning to its homeport of San Diego. US Navy […]
The 3 new submarines are being built by the Mazagon Dock Ltd Shipyard in Mumbai, in partnership with France’s Naval Group. They are designed for hunting down enemy submarines & surface ships. The sixth Scorpene-class submarine procured under P-75,began its trial in May New Delhi: India is set to expand its naval power in the […]
The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN 737). Photo: MC2 Amanda R. Gray An American nuclear-armed submarine is making a South Korean port call for the first time in four decades, a White House official said Tuesday, as the allies counter North Korea’s growing military threats. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of […]
Satellite imagery of the Yulin naval base at Sanya in southern China shows new construction and expansion projects have started in the past year. Source: Google Earth China has upgraded its naval bases to house and support its rapidly expanding combat fleet, according to analysis of recent satellite imagery. The PLA Navy – […]
The HTMS Chang heads to Thailand after its construction in China. Photo: Royal Thai Navy The war in Ukraine has taken a heavy toll on Russia’s capacity to supply arms to the international market due to both sanctions and attrition on the battlefield. If these changes lead to long-lasting effects on Russia’s defense-industrial base, opportunities […]
