Sri Lanka Navy Makes High Seas Drug Bust
A special operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy about 573 nautical miles (about 1061km) off Dondra, south of Sri Lanka, led to the interception of a foreign trawler with…
RFA Stirling Castle Tests Autonomous Minehunters
A minehunting ‘mothership’ and autonomous vessels were trialed together for the first time in a milestone moment for the future of the UK’s mine counter measure operations. The three boats…
China Sends Type 075 & Three Escorts in Show of Force to Japan
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…
Greece Trains With SNMG2 Non Combat Unit FGS Rhein
On Saturday, July 01, 2023 and in the context of the planning of the HNDGS regarding the international cooperation of the Armed Forces, a joint training PASSEX (Passing Exercise) of…
China Restricts Gallium Exports in Blow to US Industry
Propaganda Announcement China’s recently announced export controls on gallium could hit the US defense industry, as this material, with China with China being the leading producer and supplier in the…
Night Boarding in the Timor Sea
Thirty-one days into its first sea posting, Navy’s newest patrol boat landed its first catch, a type three foreign fishing vessel (FFV). Australian Defense Vessel (ADV) Cape Capricorn was deployed…
USS Michigan Arrives in Yokosuka
The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) (Blue) arrived in Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, for a scheduled port visit, July 2. The port visit in Yokosuka reflects the United…
Peru Attends RIMPAC 2024 Planning Session in San Diego
A delegation from the Peruvian Navy participated on June 20 and 23 in the Initial Planning Conference (IPC) of the RIMPAC 2024 Multinational Exercise held at the Point Loma Naval…
Two Pacific Fleet Ships Returned to Vladivostok
The flagship of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet), the Varyag Guards missile cruiser and the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate, returned to the main base of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok July…
RFA Tideforce Conducts Trials With MV Raleigh Fisher
Replenishments at sea are the bread and butter of Royal Fleet Auxiliary operations but for tanker Tideforce recent trials saw them successfully refuel a commercial vessel. She worked alongside MV…