Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group Operating in Indian Ocean, Deploys Fighters to Singapore

 By: Dzirhan Mahadzir January 18, 2023 11:44 AM JS Suzutsuki conducted a bilateral exercise with the French Navy Charles de Gaulle CSG in the vicinity of Western Arabian Sea. JMSDF Photo The Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group is now in the Indian Ocean exercising with the Indian Navy. At the same time, three Rafale fighterContinue reading “Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group Operating in Indian Ocean, Deploys Fighters to Singapore”

General purpose frigates as a means of beefing up Australia’s maritime capabilities

  MARITIME ANDUNDERSEA WARFARE | 18 JANUARY 2023 By: Stephen Kuper With a growing recognition that Australia’s naval capabilities are underprepared and “under gunned” in light of a rapidly evolving regional threat environment, does a fleet of general purpose frigates provide the solution to beefing up Australia’s naval strike power? As the Royal Australian Navy prepares to receive theContinue reading “General purpose frigates as a means of beefing up Australia’s maritime capabilities”

UK purchases commercial vessel for conversion to ocean surveillance ship

The offshore support vessel, MV Topaz Tangaroa has been purchased by the UK Ministry of Defence for conversion to a Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship. She will arrive at Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside this week for conversion and will serve in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary renamed RFA Proteus. Proteus will be dedicated to safeguarding critical seabed infrastructureContinue reading “UK purchases commercial vessel for conversion to ocean surveillance ship”

French first POM class patrol vessel Auguste Benebig in sails for Pacific

Naval News Naval News January 2023 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry POSTED ON TUESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2023 16:45         According to a tweet published by Emmanuel Chiva on January 17, 2023, the first POM-class patrol vessel Auguste Benebig has left the port of Brest for its home port of Noumea in the Pacific.FollowContinue reading “French first POM class patrol vessel Auguste Benebig in sails for Pacific”

These Speedy New Navy Medical Ships Are Designed with the Pacific in Mind

Hospital corpsmen monitor patients in medical triage during a mass casualty drill aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5 (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jasmine Sheard) 17 Jan 2023 Sandboxx | By Hope Hodge Seck Tucked inside the recently passed Defense Department budget for 2023 is funding for a new kind of NavyContinue reading “These Speedy New Navy Medical Ships Are Designed with the Pacific in Mind”