China Coast Guard drives away Philippine vessels intruding into waters of China’s Nansha Islands In response to the Philippines’ accusation toward China on the latter’s expelling of Philippine vessels around China’s Nansha Islands, China Coast Guard (CCG) on Monday criticized the Philippines for disregarding China’s repeated dissuasion and warnings and said that its recent intrusion […]

New Delhi: The latest edition of the Malabar exercise is all set to commence in the Australian waters from August 11-21 that will see the participation of the United States, Japan, India and Australia. Australia is also the host for this mega event which is being hosted there ‘for the first time’. The ten-day exercise […]

The so-called “dry combat submersible,” a mini submarine for ferrying SEALs around, reached initial operating capability last month, according to the sub’s manufacturer. Photo: Lockheed Martin The latest secretive underwater vehicle for delivering Navy SEALs to mission destinations achieved initial operational capability late last month. The so-called “dry combat submersible” is a sort of mini-submarine […]

The Philippines on Sunday condemned China Coast Guard latest string of incidents in the disputed waters, the third incident this year where they used water cannons against its vessels heading for a resupply mission of its men in the West Philippine Sea. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard Commodore Jay Tarriela, the spokesperson of the Philippine Coast […]

ROCKINGHAM, Western Australia (Aug. 4, 2023) – USS North Carolina (SSN 777) docked at HMAS Stirling, a naval base in Western Australia, today following participation in Talisman Sabre 2023. This marks the first visit by a Virginia-class submarine to the country since the leaders’ announcement of the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) Optimal […]

  Philippine Navy bilateral Exercise Lumbas has drawn to a close in Subic Bay, with Anzac Class frigate HMAS Anzac taking part during a regional presence deployment that began in April. The crews of Philippine Navy ship BRP Conrado Yap and Anzac joined for the five-day exercise, which was a valuable opportunity to train together. […]

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – U.S. and Australian officials laid the groundwork to host more U.S. forces in Australia, officials from both countries said on Saturday. Deepening that long-standing cooperation through the further “operationalization” of the alliance was a key focus of the 33rd Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) meeting in Brisbane, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny […]

One of the many drifting sea mines found in the Black Sea in 2022. Photo: Bulgarian Ministry of Defense Russia has begun to lay additional naval mines on the approaches to Ukrainian seaports, according to the government of the UK. The Russian military has been conducting drone and missile strikes against Ukrainian grain export infrastructure […]

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 […]