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 […]
China’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship spotted breaking island chain from straits south of Japan for first time Photo: China Military A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy flotilla led by a Type 075 amphibious assault ship was recently spotted breaking the first island chain from straits south of Japan, marking the first time that […]
Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender firing a Sea Viper missile during a training exercise. Photo: MOD The former head of the UK Armed Forces has warned all three services are “too small” and that the Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyers are arguably Britain’s only counter-missile systems that could […]
A flotilla of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy led by a Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyer has carried out a combat-oriented exercise in the South China Sea amid rising tensions in the region stirred up by the US. Not targeted at a third party and aimed at safeguarding national security, the drills […]
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 […]
