Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) launched the fourth of an eventual eight Daegu-class frigates at its Ulsan shipyard on Wednesday, April 29. The 122-metre vessel will be ..
Ships (Naval)
FEATURE | Joint US-UK escort for ships transiting Strait of Hormuz
Washington’s efforts to form up a multi-national naval task force to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz have, so far, proved fruitless. On August…
COLUMN | United naval front forms up in the South China Sea [Naval Gazing]
It is now more than 20 years since China enacted its proactive policy in the South China Sea (SCS). The core element of this policy…
FEATURE | Hong Kong’s evolving PLA Navy flotilla
The early hours of July 1, 1997 saw a flotilla of PLA Navy warships enter the waters, of what had just become the Hong Kong…
COLUMN | Aircraft carriers are proliferating – vital assets or vulnerable liabilities?
Maritime forces need to possess at least one of two types of prime asset in order to be seen as “first division” navies, namely nuclear-powered…
US Navy braces for possible attacks by Iranian small craft
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have been rising, and an American strike group (SG), centred on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, has deployed to…
REMINISCENCES | Shipbuilding on the Clyde
The river Clyde – though a very muddy little stream – is known to most people throughout the world as a place that has a…
Norway takes delivery of its biggest-ever naval vessel
At the end of 2019, the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) received a boost to its morale, when it took delivery of it’s largest-ever warship, the…
COLUMN | Republic of Singapore Navy on course for modernisation [Naval Gazing]
Singapore is often seen as a bastion of stability in Southeast Asia, but it faces a number of maritime security threats.
FEATURE | US Navy upgrading ship-based aviation in Asian waters
Balikatan 19, the recently-completed exercise involving warships of the US, and Philippine, navies had both military and political significance, at a time when Washington is…