Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) of the US Navy, French Navy and Italian Navy are set to conduct rare “tri carrier operations” in the Eastern Mediterranean next month…
The French Minister for the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, and her Greek counterpart, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, visited the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient (Brittany) on 13 January 2022…
Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon join Australia, Canada, India, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and Republic of Korea (ROK) to begin multinational exercise Sea Dragon 22, Jan. 5.
As 2021 comes to an end, here is an overview of the ten most read naval defense news stories we published this past year, based on the number of readers.
China’ fourth Type 055 Destroyer (NATO reporting name: Renhai-class cruiser) was commissioned on 11 November 2021 with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy)’s North Sea Fleet. The vessel is named after Anshan (鞍山), a large city in Liaoning province, located in northeastern China.
Naval News obtained statements from a ROKN flag officer familiar with the program reacting to the criticism recently published by local media. This article will examine the major points of contention in the debate.
China’s third amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) known as Type 075, departed the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard (Shanghai) to start its sea trials on November 25. The vessel is intended for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy).
Naval forces from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and the U.S. unite to conduct multilateral, multinational exercise ANNUALEX in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 21-30.
The Australian government today signed with British and American diplomats the agreement paving the way to the procurement of nuclear-powered submarines (SSN) for the Royal Australian Navy, in the frame of AUKUS.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) just released additional details, including the lengthy ship list, for POLARIS 21, the unprecedented high intensity combat exercise which kicked off yesterday.
