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  • Australia’s frigate in ‘unsafe’ interaction with China’s destroyer

    20 November 2023
    Operations

    The Australian Government has expressed its serious concerns to the Chinese Government following an ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ interaction with a People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) destroyer.

  • Keel laid for Pakistan Navy’s second Hangor-class submarine

    15 February 2024
    Vessels

    Pakistan Navy has held a keel-laying ceremony for the second Hangor-class submarine at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) facilities in Karachi.

  • Keel laid, steel cut for Philippine Navy’s new landing platform docks

    25 January 2024
    Authorities, Vessels

    The acquisition of the two new landing docks for the Philippine Navy has entered a significant phase following the keel laying and first steel cutting ceremonies on January 22 at the shipbuilding facilities of PT PAL Indonesia in Surabaya.

  • Adm. Lisa Franchetti takes the helm as 1st woman to run the US Navy

    17 August 2023
    Authorities

    On 14 August, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti took over the helm as acting chief of naval operations and the first woman to run the US Navy.

  • Update: USS Decatur had unsafe interaction with Chinese destroyer during South China Sea FONOP

    2 October 2018
    Authorities

    US Navy destroyer USS Decatur had a close encounter with a Chinese destroyer during a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea on Sunday. The unidentified Chinese destroyer came as close as 45 ft to USS Decatur in what was described as an “unsafe and unprofessional maneuver” by US Pacific Fleet Spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Tim […]

  • China’s Navy Adopts Less Aggressive Stance in Pacific

    13 April 2011
    Authorities

      Washington: A top US officer said on Tuesday that China’s Navy has adopted a less aggressive stance in the Pacific in recent months after pr… (zeenews) [mappress] Source: zeenews, April 13, 2011;

  • China will continue Nansha islands construction despite ruling: Navy Admiral

    19 July 2016
    Authorities

    China will not halt construction activities on the Nansha islands, Chinese PLA Navy Commander Wu Shengli said Monday during a meeting with his U.S. counterpart Admiral John Richardson. “We will never stop our construction on the Nansha Islands halfway… the Nansha Islands are China’s inherent territory, and our necessary construction on the islands is reasonable, justified and […]

  • Joint Interests Could Boost Ties between China and US

    23 May 2013
    Authorities

    The United States and China, by increasing their dialogue and engagement, can build a foundation of trust while fostering regional security and prosperity, the top U.S. commander in the region said yesterday.  “While competition between the United States and China is inevitable, conflict is not,” Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, commander of U.S. Pacific […]

  • China Launches Large Patrol Vessel

    30 July 2012
    Training & Education

    Launching of China’s largest state of the art patrol vessel, Haixun 01, was held on July 28, in Hubei province, marking the country’s push forward to modernization of its surveillance fleet, China daily reports. The 128.6 meter long vessel weighs 5,418 tons and it can develop 37 km per hour speed. It was built by […]

  • China slams US Navy’s ‘illegal’ South China Sea sail-by

    11 May 2016
    Authorities

    China has blasted this week’s sail-by a U.S. Navy warship in the South China Sea, deeming it provocative and illegal. To remind, the USS William P. Lawrence destroyer on Tuesday, May 10, performed a freedom of navigation operation near the Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands. Responding to the operation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters during […]

  • Taiwan Navy accidentally fires anti-ship missile at Chinese mainland

    1 July 2016
    Authorities

    A Taiwan Navy vessel fired a “carrier-killer” anti-ship missile towards China during an exercise on Friday morning. A Chin Chiang-class Taiwan Navy patrol boat fired the Hsiung Feng III missile which did not reach China but instead killed one fisherman and injured three more as it struck a fishing boat on its way down. The […]

  • China to launch naval drills ahead of South China Sea ruling

    4 July 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    China’s maritime safety administration on Sunday said it would hold military drills in and around the disputed South China Sea territories. Beijing plans to carry out exercises from July 5 to 11 in an area that stretches from the east of China’s Hainan Island all the way to the Paracels. Chinese naval vessels will thereby prohibit all […]

  • China to hold naval drills in Bohai Strait and Yellow Sea

    9 September 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The People’s Liberation Army Navy announced it would hold gun-firing drills in the Bohai Strait and the Yellow Sea from September 10 – 13. As a result of this, commercial vessels will be prohibited from entering areas where the exercises are to be held, according to the Wilhelmsen Ships Service. More specifically, ships calling to Qingdao, […]

  • China Reaches Major Milestone in Development of ICBMs?

    27 August 2012
    Equipment & technology, Industry

    China has reached a major milestone in development of inter-continental and Submarine launched missiles, New York Times said citing U.S. military and intelligence officials. Based on the statements of the said officials, the new generation of missiles is capable of carrying as many as 10 nuclear warheads and has advanced its range. The Dongfeng-41 ICBM, […]

  • China starts construction of third aircraft carrier: SCMP

    5 January 2018
    Authorities, Industry, Vessels

    Construction works on China’s third aircraft carrier started at a Shangai shipyard in 2017, the South China Morning Post reported citing sources. The construction start closely follows the launch of the country’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Type 001A Shandong, which took place in Dalian in April 2017. Unlike the Type 001A, which draws upon […]

  • US destroyer challenges China’s claims in South China Sea

    11 October 2017
    Authorities

    US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Chafee has become the latest US warship to carry out a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea. US defense officials said that the destroyer operated near the Paracel Islands on Tuesday. Known as Xisha in Chinese, the group of islands is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. […]

  • Japan slams China for sending new submarine near disputed islands

    15 January 2018
    Authorities

    Japan’s defense minister Itsunori Onodera has condemned China’s deployment of a PLA Navy submarine to the disputed Senkaku Islands. Onodera’s reaction came after a submarine of the Chinese Navy was detected by Japanese warships and aircraft as it sailed near the disputed islands on January 11. According to media reports, the submarine in question was […]

  • US disinvites China from exercise RIMPAC 2018

    24 May 2018
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The US defense department has decided to withdraw its invitation for China to take part in the upcoming large-scale exercise Rim of the Pacific in Hawaii. This was announced by Pentagon spokesman Marine Lt. Col. Christopher Logan who said the decision was part of the US response to China’s actions in the South China Sea […]

  • China returns seized US Navy underwater glider

    20 December 2016
    Authorities

    Pentagon’s press secretary confirmed that the People’s Liberation Army-Navy returned the U.S. Navy’s glider unmanned underwater vehicle near the location where it had been unlawfully seized on December 15. Chinese Navy vessel 510 returned returned the glider to USS Mustin (DDG 89) in international waters approximately 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay. The seized UUV was deployed […]

  • Philippine fishermen allowed off Scarborough Shoal under close Chinese Coast Guard watch

    12 April 2017
    Authorities

    Filipino fishermen are once again allowed to fish in the contested waters off Scarborough Shoal under Chinese Coast Guard supervision, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman confirmed during a regular press conference on Monday. China has given Filipino fishermen access to the waters, based on the “friendliness between China and the Philippines,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters. Another […]

  • US Defense Secretary Expresses Concern about China’s Activities

    6 November 2015
    Authorities

    US Defense Secretary Ash Carter toured the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea yesterday and expressed concern about China’s activities in those waters. Carter said the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier’s presence is a “symbol and a sign of the critical role the United States’ military power plays in what is a very consequential region […]

  • China to export eight submarines to Pakistan

    17 October 2016
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Industry

    China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, one of two biggest shipbuilding conglomerates in China, confirmed that a project to export eight attack submarines to Pakistan has been initiated. The corporation held a conference to discuss details of the arrangement, the China People’s Daily news site reported quoting China Shipbuilding Online. There have been talks of the China-Pakistan cooperation on […]

  • Exercise Cooperation Spirit Launches in China

    20 November 2014
    Authorities, Research & Development, Training & Education

    Defence force personnel from Australia are in China for Exercise Cooperation Spirit 2014 which begins today. The exercise aims to enhance coordination and cooperation between Australia, China and New Zealand in responding to unforeseen disasters that occur in the Asia-Pacific. This year the exercise is focussing on a maritime search and rescue response involving the […]

  • China opposes US defense bill over Taiwan port visits option

    17 July 2017
    Authorities

    China has urged the U.S. to abide by the One-China after the U.S. Congress passed a bill which could see the U.S. Navy reestablish port calls between the US and Taiwanese navies. The $696 billion defense policy bill, passed on Friday, allows the US Defense Secretary to look into the feasibility of a renewed U.S. cooperation […]

  • Taiwan backs China by sending frigate to South China Sea following international ruling

    13 July 2016
    Authorities

    Taiwan has sent a stealth frigate to patrol the Spratly Islands region in the South China Sea following the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling in the maritime jurisdiction case brought against China by the Philippines. A Kangding-class frigate was sent to the region on July 13 with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen attending the send-off, Taiwan Today reported. The South […]

  • Taiwan monitors China’s aircraft carrier as it passes through Taiwan Strait

    11 January 2017
    Authorities

    South Korea, Japan and Taiwan have all scrambled jets in the past 36 hours to intercept China’s military aircraft and the Liaoning aircraft carrier and its strike group as they returned from a training deployment to the South China Sea. Taiwan’s ministry of defense on Wednesday said that China’s aircraft carrier sailed through the Taiwan Strait […]