Russia and North Korea on Wednesday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty that included both countries pledging to assist each other if attacked, a move condemned by South Korea, which said it is now reconsidering its policy of providing Ukraine with only nonlethal equipment.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, three Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN) six P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft...
Arlington, Va., headquartered Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) reports that the Republic of Korea Navy’s first Ulsan-class Future Frigate experimental Batch-3 (FFX-III) has successfully completed sea trials. DRS provides the hybrid electric drive propulsion system for the ship. Featuring quiet, compact, advanced permanent magnet propulsion motors, it supports the ship’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission with less noise generation and superior fuel economy.
This sea trial follows the delivery...
A Republic of Korea Marine provides security as part of an amphibious assault during Exercise Cobra Gold 23 in Chonburi province, Kingdom of Thailand on March 3, 2023. U.S. Marine Corps Photo
The Makin Island and America amphibious ready groups wrapped up their participation in exercises in Thailand and Japan this week.
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) – which includes amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8), amphibious transport docks USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26) and USS Anc...
People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer CNS Kaifeng (124). JSDF Photo
A People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) surface action group and surveillance ship have returned to the East China Sea from the Pacific Ocean after operating there for the last few weeks.
On Monday at 11 p.m., three PLAN ships were sighted sailing northwest in an area 160 kilometers southeast of Yonaguni island, according to a Wednesday news release from Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) of the Ministry of Defense. Yonaguni...
People’s Liberation Army Navy aircraft carrier Fujian on June 17, 2022. Xinhua Photo
This post is part of a series looking back at the top naval stories from 2022.
U.S. allies and competitors both continued to expand their naval forces with the world’s largest navies investing in new hulls and capabilities.
China’s Naval Development
Renhai-class guided-missile cruiser
The People’s Liberation Army Navy grew its fleet with an emphasis on aircraft carriers, surface combatants and amphibious...
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During a ceremony that marked the 77th anniversary of its founding on Nov. 11, the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy revealed a new operational concept combining manned and unmanned systems.
Dubbed the “Navy Sea GHOST” in Korean and “Guardian Harmonized with Operating manned Systems and Technology based unmanned systems” in English, ROK Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Lee Jong-ho introduced the new concept.
“The Navy Sea GHOST concept revealed today, which is based on manned...
https://news.usni.org/2022/11/17/south-korea-reveals-new-unmanned-navy-sea-ghost-concept
Republic of Korea Navy guided-missile destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991) and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Chokai (DDG 176) on Oct 6, 2022 . US Navy Photo
Five warships from the U.S., Japan and South Korea held a ballistic missile defense exercise in the Sea of Japan as part of the ongoing military response to this week’s North Korean intermediate-range ballistic missile test over the Japanese home islands, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Thursday.
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A Marine F-35B Lighting II aboard the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) this week. Royal Navy Photo
KUALA LUMPUR – Aircraft from carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) flew interoperability exercises over the Philippine Sea on Aug. 26 with U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Air Force F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters from the U.K. Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG 21), the Navy announced this week.
Four Navy F-35C from Strike Fight Squadron (VFA) 147; five F/A-18E/F Super...
https://news.usni.org/2021/09/02/u-s-u-k-f-35s-drill-in-the-western-pacific
Midshipmen and cadets from the Republic of Korea Navy, Army and Air Force academies during a visit to Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo. JMSDF Photo
Three destroyers and about 600 cadets from the Republic of Korea Navy are in Sasebo, Japan, for an important port visit between the two Pacific navies.
ROKS Dae Jo Yeong, ROKS Cheon Wang Bong and ROKS Il Chul Bong pulled into Sasebo on Monday for a goodwill visit hosted by Japan Maritime Self Defense Ship JS Ise. The visit, which runs through...