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 […]
Chinese state media claims PLA forces near Taiwan ‘scared off’ USS Nimitz but mainland defence experts say US may be buying time. The Shandong and Nimitz aircraft carrier groups remained hundreds of nautical miles apart during the PLA’s six-day exercises. A Jet Fighter takes off from Shandong The US Navy’s decision to keep its […]
Virginia SSW The USS Jimmy Carter is widely regarded as the most secretive submarine in the U.S. Navy. It is especially equipped for Seabed Warfare, unreported missions deep below the waves. Now a new seabed warfare submarine, using a Virginia Class hull, is planned. The U.S. Navy plans a single Mod VA SSW submarine. Work […]
According to information published by the PACOM on April 7, 2023, the US plans to expand the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Arrangement (EDCA) to include four new sites: Naval Base Camilo Osias in Santa Ana, Cagayan; Camp Melchor Dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela; Balabac Island in Palawan; and Lal-lo Airport in Cagayan. The naming of these […]
The Shandong aircraft carrier group of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Monday joined the third and final day of the PLA Eastern Theater Command’s combat alert patrols and “Joint Sword” exercises encircling the island of Taiwan, in which warships practiced assaults on fleeing hostile vessels and a maritime blockade, with other military […]
HMS Queen Elizabeth is set to deploy to the “cauldron” of the Mediterranean this year in a show of naval strength designed to deter Russian aggression. While her sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, continues to languish in dry dock in Scotland, Queen Elizabeth will sail to the Mediterranean, leading a carrier strike group for […]
Anduril Australia’s Ghost Shark unmanned sub prototype, one potential contender for next-gen subsea warfare platforms (Anduril Industries) PUBLISHED APR 4, 2023 4:33 PM BY THE STRATEGIST [By Palmer Luckey] Many people rejected the very idea of building a modern defence technology company when I founded Anduril Industries in 2017. They thought the international rivalries and confrontations of […]
