JC's Naval and Military News – Past and Present
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HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Naval Strike Missile during a SINKEX off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii as a part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. This is aligned to Government Direction announced in the 2022 Defence Strategic Review and in the 2024 National Defence Strategy. The Royal Australian Navy hasContinue reading “Royal Australian Navy Fires NSM for the First Time (video) – To be installed on Hobart and Anzac Class ships”
Australian Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct amphibious operations in Zodiac inflatable boats as a CH-47F Chinook helicopter takes-off from HMAS Canberra off the coast of Tonga in 2022. (Source: Defence) More than at any point in history, contemporary navies provide nations with a strategic game-changing capability. In a post-crisis era, Australia’sContinue reading “Post-crisis force: A larger, smarter and more lethal Navy (Part 2)”
HMAS Stalwart conducts a dual replenishment at sea with HMA Ships Brisbane and Toowoomba during a transit as part of a regional presence deployment. (Source: Defence) As a maritime trading nation straddling two of the world’s major oceans, the Navy is critical to securing and promoting Australia’s national interests and security – in a hyper-competitiveContinue reading “Post-crisis force: A larger, smarter and more lethal Navy (Part 1)”
Alex Candlin – 4th July 2024 at 11:57am In an exercise first, Japan, the UK and Australia trained together on a joint exercise ahead of a fleet review (Picture: Joint Operations Command) HMS Tamar has joined vessels from the Australian and Japanese navies in an exercise first for the three nations. She has been trainingContinue reading “Royal Navy takes part in first joint exercise with Australia and Japan in Indo-Pacific”
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