After USS George Washington’s Refuelling Woes The aircraft carrier George Washington’s refuelling ran two years long, due to the pandemic, industrial base challenges and unplanned work in the propulsion plant. WASHINGTON — With the aircraft carrier George Washington back at sea — albeit two years behind schedule — the U.S. Navy is combing through lessons […]
What’s Happening Around the World? 7 Jul 2023 Sea state On 1 July 2023, the Australian Submarine Agency was established to manage the delivery of the Royal Australian Navy’s planned fleet of eight nuclear-powered submarines from 2032. Led by Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, the ASA will facilitate the industry partnerships needed for the project and […]
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 […]
World War Two’s Great Survivor Dies at 103 By Ashleigh Taylor and Tim Barlass Published in Sydney Morning Herald May 25, 2023 FRANK McGOVERN: October 1, 1919 – May 24, 2023 World War Two veteran Frank McGovern, the last survivor of HMAS Perth, has died in Randwick Rehabilitation Hospital aged 103. He was an Able Seaman sunk […]
Concept art of the forthcoming Hunter-class frigate. (ANAO) Australia’s national audit office has delivered a highly critical report on the decision to choose the Type 26 as Australia’s new warship, declaring the Australian Defence organisation did not conduct an effective process in choosing the design. Click on this link to see full ANAO report. Defense […]
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 – […]
