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. […]
Category: International
Exercise ALON 25 – the ADF with Philippines
Helping to reinforce Philippines sovereignty.
Exercise Talisman Sabre windup
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Strong warning from the Pentagon re AUKUS
AUKUS Forum : The Trump administration’s Pentagon has issued its strongest warning yet: Australia must significantly boost its defence budget or risk being unable to both defend itself and fulfill its commitments […]
Exercise Talisman Sabre – HMS Prince of Wales
Defence Australia : HMS Prince of Wales docks in Darwin. The Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, arrived in Darwin, NT, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. HMS […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Operation Midnight Hammer
Source Task and Purpose Newsletter – Jeff Schogol updated Jun 22, 2025 9:12 AM EDT. Pentagon releases details of ‘Midnight Hammer’ strikes against Iran B-2 bombers were among 125 aircraft […]