HMS Lancaster Makes Drug Bust in Arabian Sea
A frigate from the United Kingdom Royal Navy seized $6 million worth of hashish from a fishing vessel transiting the Arabian Sea, May 8. HMS Lancaster (F 229) was operating…
USS Oakland Participates in Exercise Croix Du Sud 2023
Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) participated in Croix Du Sud 2023 with 14 allied and partner nations at New Caledonia, April 24 to May 8, 2023. Croix…
China Verifies Far Sea Capabilities of Type 055 Destroyers
A flotilla of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has wrapped up a month-long far sea exercise in the South China Sea and the West Pacific, a move experts…
Five Power Defense Arrangement Exercise Concludes
Exercise Bersama Shield – a bi-annual military exercise between the five nations in the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) – concluded in Malaysia on Friday. Approximately 250 Australian Defense Force…
Bath Iron Works Lays Keel of Their First Flight III DDG
The keel for the future USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was ceremonially laid at Bath Iron Works, May 16. The ship is…
Qatari Corvette Semaisma Christened at Fincantieri Muggiano
The delivery of the corvette “Semaisma”, the fourth and last of the Al Zubarah-class ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defense within the national naval acquisition program, took…
SUBLANT Completes Exercise Agile Player 23
Multiple submarines under Submarine Force Atlantic’s (SUBLANT) organizational structure participated in Exercise Agile Player 2023 (AP23). AP23 is a training exercise to assess warfighting readiness and build capacity for the…
NATO Ships Test MCM Skills in Exercise Italian MINEX 23
NATO’s Standing Naval Forces participated in Mare Aperto/Italian Mine Exercise 23 (ITA MINEX 23) in the Mediterranean, April 13-28. ITA MINEX is an annual mine countermeasures (MCM) exercise led by…
Italian Warship Francesco Morosini visits Ho Chi Minh City
Italian Navy ship ITS Francesco Morosini is making a port visit in Nha Rong Wharf port in HCM City from May 9-12 to enhance exchanges and cooperation between the Italian…