China’s New Aircraft Carrier Heads to Sea for First Trials After six years of construction, the carrier is on its first sea trials PUBLISHED MAY 1, 2024 China’s massive new aircraft carrier named Fujian set sail this morning, May 1, on its first sea trials after more than six years of construction. China’s PLA Navy […]
Asia s next war could be triggered by a rusting warship on a disputed reef MANILA — In the most hotly contested waterway in the world, the risk of Asia’s next war hinges increasingly on a ramshackle ship past her time, pockmarked with holes, streaked with rust and beached on a reef. To buttress its […]
Houthis Escalate Threats against Shipping Launching “Fourth Stage” French destroyer on escort duty in the Bab al-Mandeb. Photo: EUNAVFOR Aspides The leader of the Houthi movement called for a further escalation of the attacks on shipping citing the potential attack on the city of Rafah and as Western pressure grows on Hamas to accept […]
The Red Sea warship decision: a continuation of the continental drift in our strategy By Richard Menhinick Last year I wrote the maritime opinion piece on the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) for the WA Defence Review 2022–23 annual issue. In it I opined that there were some promising signs, but I also stated that the danger for […]
HMAS Choules in Sydney Harbour for the Australia Day 2024 celebrations, the CEAFAR radar panels are visible on the corners of her bridge. Photo: Defence HMAS Choules (L-100) was quietly fitted with a CEA Technologies CEAFAR Phased Array Radar over the New Year period. The new radar has been fitted on top of the forward […]
Multiple naval task forces, all taking part in the largest NATO exercise in decades, have converged together to join HMS Prince of Wales and her Carrier Strike Group. Exercise Steadfast Defender 24 is designed to demonstrate the strength of NATO’s collective defence in the face of potential Russian aggression against the Alliance. The Royal Navy’s […]
BY ALESSIO PATALANO Alessio Patalano is a professor of war and strategy in East Asia and co-director of the Centre for Grand Strategy at King’s College London, where he specializes in maritime strategy and doctrine. This article published by Time on 5 March On Tuesday 5 March, Ukraine said that it sank another Russian warship, the Sergei Kotov, […]
Tel Aviv Diplomatic Despatches: 1972-1975 Ambassador Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple, died on 29 September 2023, aged 92. Of his eight postings, four were at head of mission level, all as ambassador. The others included; Jakarta, Washington and Tokyo. His first was to Israel, 1972-1975. He died shortly before the outbreak of the current incipient conflict. The […]
While this item is not related to the normal business and interests of the Club, it is of interest and concern to all us aging sailors and is added in the members’ interest. Prostate cancer happens when abnormal cells develop and grow in the prostate. These abnormal cells can continue to multiply in an […]
Courtesy of Maritime News 26 Jan 24 Fort Victoria will not participate in STDE24 as had previously been hoped and she is officially now “in refit until Autumn 2024” and she is still expected to support the 2025 deployment. She has been laid up and handed to the care of Cammell Laird and has […]
