VESSEL REVIEW | Kapitan Aleksandrov – New crab boat to operate in Russia’s Far East

Russia’s Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant has handed over the first in a new series of fishing vessels ordered by the Russian Crab Group of Companies. Classed by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, Kapitan Aleksandrov is named in honour of Georgiy Ivanovich Aleksandrov, a Soviet...

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Royal Australian Air Force Reactivating Squadron to Operate New MQ-4C Tritons

The Royal Australian Air Force’s first MQ-4C Triton. Northrop Grumman Photo

The Royal Australian Air Force will reactivate a squadron for the three MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles it will start operating in 2024, Australian Defense officials announced Friday.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and Chief of the RAAF Air Marshal Robert Chipman announced the reformation of the squadron in a joint press conference at the Avalon Airshow held in Geelong,...

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/03/royal-australian-air-force-reactivating-squadron-to-operate-new-mq-4c-tritons

Japanese Scrambled Fewer Fighters Against Foreign Aircraft Last Year, Says MoD

Russian and Chinese aircraft flight patterns in FY 2022. Japanese Ministry of Defense Photo.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force carried out a total of 612 fighter scrambles against foreign aircraft by the end of the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2022, a decrease from a total of 785 scrambles in the same period for FY 2021, according to a report released Friday by the Joint Staff Office of Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

Of the scrambles for the FY 2022 period, which covers April 1 through Dec. 31, 75...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/20/japanese-scrambled-fewer-fighters-against-foreign-aircraft-last-year

Japan Coast Guard reports patrol ship grounding incident off Niigata prefecture

The Japan Coast Guard has confirmed that one of its patrol vessels ran aground in the waters off Kashiwazaki in Niigata prefecture on Wednesday, January 18. The 105-metre ..

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Fishing Vessel News Roundup | January 5 – Norwegian netting boat delivery, Southern Ocean scampi vessel order and more

An Iceland-based builder hands over a new netting boat to an owner in Norway and a crab boat for a Russian Far East operator hits the water. Orders have meanwhile been pl ..

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Russian, Chinese Ships Steaming Near Japan as Carrier Lincoln Operates Near Korea

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye landing aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). US Navy Photo

KULA LUMPUR – Three Russian warships and three Russian civilian vessels transited the Tsushima Straits on Tuesday, while a Chinese surveillance ship sailed from the East China Sea into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, according to releases posted on Wednesday by the Joint Staff Office of the Japan Self-Defense Force.

The three Russian Navy ships are destroyer RFS Admiral Panteleyev (548), an Altay-class...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/21/russian-chinese-ships-steaming-near-japan-as-carrier-lincoln-operates-near-korea

Japan Monitoring Russian and Chinese Military Activity in Sea of Japan, Defense Minister Says

Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Arthur Renteria, from Carson, California, stands starboard life buoy watch on the fantail aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD 105) sails in formation during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise in the Sea of Japan on April 12, 2022. U.S. Navy Photo

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Japan is monitoring the increased Russian and Chinese military activity around its...

https://news.usni.org/2022/04/15/japan-monitoring-russian-and-chinese-military-activity-in-sea-of-japan-defense-minister-says

Japanese MoD Voices Concern Over Russian Naval Exercises

Russian and Chinese ships were spotted by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. Photos courtesy of the Japanese Joint Staff Office

Japan’s defense minister raised concerns about Russia’s recent naval activities in the Sea of Japan, citing the size of the exercise and increased tension with Ukraine.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced a release by the Joint Staff Office (JSO) of the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) stating that Japan has tracked a...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/16/japanese-mod-voices-concern-over-russian-naval-exercises