Monthly Archives: June 2022

S.Korea, U.S. Stage Rare Drills With Air Carrier

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) (foreground). File Photo: Creative Commons SEOUL, June 4 (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States staged their first combined military exercises involving an American aircraft carrier in more than four years, Seoul’s military said on Saturday, amid reports that North Korea was preparing for a nuclear test.  The three-day drills tookContinue reading “S.Korea, U.S. Stage Rare Drills With Air Carrier”

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Antietam (CG 54) and USS Benfold (DDG 65) train with Republic of Korea navy surface ships in the Philippine Sea.

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 4, 2022) The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54), the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65), the Republic of Korea navy surface ships ROKS Sejong The Great (DDG 991), ROKS Marado (LPH 6112), and ROKS Munmu The Great (DDH 976)Continue reading “USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Antietam (CG 54) and USS Benfold (DDG 65) train with Republic of Korea navy surface ships in the Philippine Sea.”

CHINA J-16 CUTS ACROSS RAAF P-8 IN ‘DANGEROUS MANOEUVRE’

An Australian P-8 in November 2020 A Chinese J-16 cut across the nose of a RAAF P-8 Poseidon in what Defence has called a “dangerous manoeuvre” that was a safety threat to the Australian crew. The Shenyang J-16 (Chinese: 歼-16) is a Chinese tandem-seat, twinjet, multirole strike fighter[3][1] developed from the Shenyang J-11 (itself derived from the Sukhoi Su-27) and built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. ItContinue reading “CHINA J-16 CUTS ACROSS RAAF P-8 IN ‘DANGEROUS MANOEUVRE’”

CHINA J-16 CUTS ACROSS RAAF P-8 IN ‘DANGEROUS MANOEUVRE’

An Australian P-8 in November 2020 A Chinese J-16 cut across the nose of a RAAF P-8 Poseidon in what Defence has called a “dangerous manoeuvre” that was a safety threat to the Australian crew. The Shenyang J-16 (Chinese: 歼-16) is a Chinese tandem-seat, twinjet, multirole strike fighter[3][1] developed from the Shenyang J-11 (itself derived from the Sukhoi Su-27) and built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. ItContinue reading “CHINA J-16 CUTS ACROSS RAAF P-8 IN ‘DANGEROUS MANOEUVRE’”

Australia to replace Samoa’s irreparable Guardian Class vessel

Samoan police vessel Nafanua 2 during the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation Kurukuru, November 2020 KEY ENABLERS | 03 JUNE 2022 By: Charbel Kadib A new patrol boat will be gifted to the Pacific Islands nation to replace a vessel which crashed into a reef in August last year.   During a joint press conference withContinue reading “Australia to replace Samoa’s irreparable Guardian Class vessel”