IndoPacific Maritime Conference Day 1
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Royal Australian Navy introduction to Indo-Pacific 2025
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AUKUS Survives
Nikkei Asia : AUKUS Forum 30th September 2025. AUKUS Survives The Pentagon’s review is complete: AUKUS is safe. Submarine sales will proceed, with Australia set to acquire Virginia-class boats from 2032.
Exercise Penguin
Defence Australia : Exercise Penguin between Australia and Brunei
HMAS Choules and New Guinea’s 50th anniversary
Navy news: Happy 50th Anniversary of Independence, Papua New Guinea! 🇵🇬 HMAS Choules recently visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) to mark the celebrations, hosting embarked forces from Pacific partners including Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Zealand. This group photo celebrates a significant milestone for the people of PNG.
HMAS Brisbane sails through Taiwan Strait
ABC News : China’s People’s Liberation Army says it followed and warned Australian navy ship HMAS Brisbane and a Canadian ship as they sailed the Taiwan Strait. The PLA accused the Australian and Canadian vessels of provocation and “causing trouble” by sailing the waterway. HMAS Brisbane participated in freedom of navigation exercises with Canada, the […]
Exercise Alon
Defence Australia : Waves of Steel, Skies of Fire 🔥 During Exercise Alon 2025, Defence personnel joined forces with Armed Forces of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea to conduct multi-domain maritime strike live fire serials. The serials brought together the Philippine Navy’s guided-missile frigate BRP Jose Rizal, the Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class guided-missile […]
Australia delivers landing craft vessel VOEA Late to Tonga
Naval : 01 September 2025 – Australia has delivered a new landing craft vessel, VOEA Late, to Tonga during an official handover ceremony. The new landing craft Late was delivered to Tonga at a handover ceremony at Masefield Naval Base on 29 August 2025. The ceremony was attended by his royal highness Crown Prince Tupouto‘a ‘Ulukalala, […]
12 hour fire aboard USS New Orleans
A fire that burned for 12 hours aboard the amphibious warship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) off Okinawa, Japan, was declared extinguished early Thursday morning local time, U.S. 7th Fleet announced. The 25,000-ton warship is now anchored near the White Beach Naval Facility on Okinawa, according to a statement from the Japan-based fleet. “The fire began […]
Exercise ALON 25 – the ADF with Philippines
Helping to reinforce Philippines sovereignty.