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China Shows Off Elaborate First Dual Aircraft Carrier Photo Op
China conducts the first dual carrier op with both operational aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong in the South China Sea.
31 October 2024
China conducts the first dual carrier op with both operational aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong in the South China Sea.
U.S. SECNAV announced today that the Department of the Navy plans to operate 12 Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) Flight I Destroyers beyond their 35-year expected service life.
Navies from the Philippines and its allies started their annual joint exercises on Monday off the Philippines’ waters amid rising tension in the disputed waters.
On September 18, 2024, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that it has signed contracts to build two Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEV) for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Japan Marine United, separately.
The navies of the Philippines, Australia, Japan, the US, and New Zealand conducted a joint sail in the West Philippine Sea…
Pacific Dragon 2024 ballistic missile defense exercise featured, for the first time, a surface vessel that fired a SM-3 Block IA anti-ballistic missile from the U.S. Navy Mark 70 Mod 1 Payload Delivery System.
The Ministry of Defense in Tokyo has announced the largest-ever organizational restructuring in the history of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
The April 4, 2024, Congressional Research Service’s (CRS) FFG 62 frigate report can be found here. Under “Performance Effectiveness,” on page 19, CRS stated, “Unclassified
The U.S. Navy is facing a shortfall of deployed carriers in the Pacific as the buildup in the Middle East continues. The lack of carriers
The Chinese Navy (PLAN) has modified a Type 071 amphibious transport dock (LPD) in order to install what appears to be a laser-based direct energy
