While operating detached from CSG21, HMS Richmond (F239) executed a southbound transit of the Taiwan Strait, marking the second transit of the strait by a Royal Navy vessel in recent… Continue reading "HMS Richmond Transits Taiwan Strait"
Canada will upgrade 36 of its CF-18A Hornets with active electronically scanned-array (AESA) AN/APG-79(V)4 radars in a $140 million contract announced on the 20th by the United State’s Department of Defense… Continue reading "Canada To Upgrade Hornets with AESA Radar, Following the USMC"
In the wake of Australia’s shock announcement that it plans to acquire nuclear submarines in partnership with the UK and US, the region, world, and domestic populace have reacted. Ranging from… Continue reading "The World Reacts to Australia’s Nuclear Turn"
In a surprise move, Australia looks set to acquire nuclear-powered attack submarines in partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom. In a joint press conference, President Biden, Prime… Continue reading "Australia Goes Nuclear: Will Acquire Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarines"
Australia’s Department of Defence officially accepted NUSHIP Stalwart on 31 August according to a press release from the ship’s manufacturer, Navantia. NUSHIP Stalwart, the second of two Supply Class Auxiliaries… Continue reading "Royal Australian Navy Accepts NUSHIP Stalwart, Commissioning Expected Later This Year"
An inquiry is ongoing in Samoa, where the Pacific nation’s only patrol boat ran aground on a reef last month amidst internal political strife. The vessel, Guardian Class vessel Nafanua… Continue reading "With its Patrol Boat Grounded, Samoa Turns to Partners to Protect its EEZ"
The U.S. Navy said on Wednesday that five sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln had been injured in a crash of an MH-60S Seahawk, after reporting that one of the… Continue reading "Five Missing, Five Other Sailors Injured After U.S. Navy Helicopter Crash"
Airbus Defence and Space has announced that the Republic of Kazakhstan is set to acquire two Airbus A400M transport aircraft, bringing to an end years of speculation about the Central Asian… Continue reading "Kazakhstan Set to Become Ninth A400M Operator"
A US Marine injured in what the Pentagon has described as a “complex” suicide attack on a gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday has succumbed to… Continue reading "US Marines Among Dead In Suicide Attacks On Kabul’s International Airport"
The only flying prototype of Illyushin’s Il-112V light transport was destroyed in a crash outside Moscow on Tuesday, following an in-flight engine fire. RIA Novosti and Interfax report that all… Continue reading "Sole Flying Illyushin Prototype Transport Aircraft Destroyed In Fatal Crash"