Partnering with Britain
Australian discomfort about partnering with Britain is misplaced While there is no substitute for the US alliance, the visit by Britain’s foreign and defence secretaries, David Lammy and John […]
Month: July 2025
UK RFA Service in a Pickle
RFA Stirling Castle of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has now become HMS Stirling Castle of the Royal Navy Earlier this week RFA Stirling Castle, which belonged to the Royal Fleet […]
Trilateral Naval Logistics Agreement
US, Australia and Japan sign trilateral naval logistics agreement “This arrangement strengthens those commitments and allows us to more easily share information, technologies and processes for greater logistics resiliency,” said […]
INS Tamal Commissions in Russia
Indian Navy’s last foreign-built warship joins the fleet Laid down in 2012, INS Tamal, commissioned on July 1, 2025, at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia, marks a historic milestone […]
USN, RAN and JMSDF Logistics Agreement
US, Australia and Japan Sign Trilateral Naval Logistics Agreement The agreement is a first under the existing strategic dialogue framework. The trilateral naval logistics agreement was signed aboard the America-class […]
SSN(X)
Delays in Navy’s Next-gen Submarine Threaten US Seapower The Navy hopes its Next-Generation Attack Submarine, currently known as the SSN(X), will be a successful combination of stealth, operational life and […]
Exercise Talisman Sabre
U.S. Marine F-35s Operate from U.K. Aircraft Carrier in the Pacific: U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighters operated from the U.K. Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Prince of […]
Japan’s government pushes hard to woo Aussies with advanced frigate
Colin Clarke; Breaking Defense Indo Pacific 3rd July 2025: “We the Japanese government will guarantee that the whole project, and all the contracts will go smoothly so that there will not […]
RAN helicopters achieve a milestone
DEFENCE CONNECT: The Royal Australian Navy’s MH-60R Seahawk helicopter fleet has successfully surpassed 50,000 flight hours over the ten years since they were introduced into RAN service. Sikorsky Australia, a […]
Carrier Strike Group 25 sails towards Australia for the largest-ever Exercise Talisman Sabre
Carrier Strike Group 25 has departed Singapore and is heading south towards Australia as it continues its eight-month deployment. CSG25 will participate in the eleventh edition of the large-scale Australian-led […]