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Friday, December 22, 2023
US Navy Sailor drops the Spanish flag
Navy

Spain, Italy, France Decline US Command Of Red Sea Operation Prosperity Guardian

by Dmitry Zhdannikov (Reuters) The United States is assembling a multinational naval coalition to help safeguard commercial traffic from attacks by

December 22, 2023
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Monday, November 20, 2023
FILE PHOTO: Royal Australian Navy vessel, HMAS Toowoomba, is docked at Changi Naval Base at the display of warships during IMDEX Asia 2023, a maritime defence exhibition in Singapore May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Caroline Chia/File Photo
Defense

Australia PM Calls Chinese Navy Incident That Injured Diver ‘Dangerous’

SYDNEY, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a Chinese warship acted in a dangerous manner during an incident with

November 20, 2023
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Saturday, November 18, 2023
The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) transits the Pacific Ocean prior to a live fire exercise, July 18, 2018. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Devin Langer.
Navy

Australia Criticises China After Dangerous Naval Incident

SYDNEY, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Australia’s government said on Saturday it had expressed serious concerns to China after an “unsafe and

November 18, 2023
Total Views: 2363

Saturday, September 24, 2022
US To Speed Up Nuclear Submarine Deal With Australia
Navy

US To Speed Up Nuclear Submarine Deal With Australia

By Sybilla Gross (Bloomberg) The US is discussing accelerating the production of nuclear submarines to bolster Australia’s defense capabilities in an effort

September 24, 2022
Total Views: 8258

Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Flags from Australia and New Zealand
Navy

Solomon Islands Exempts Australia, NZ From US Navy Ship Ban

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – Navy vessels from Australia and New Zealand will be exempt from a temporary ban on foreign ships entering the ports of the

September 6, 2022
Total Views: 43052

Sunday, September 4, 2022
Submarine Training
Navy

UK To Train Australian Nuclear Sub Sailors

By Ben Westcott (Bloomberg) Australian sailors will be trained by the UK Navy on board its nuclear-powered submarines, the next step toward Canberra fielding

September 4, 2022
Total Views: 5468

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
HMAS Adelaide
Navy

Dozens Test Positive On Australian Navy Relief Ship Headed To Covid-Free Tonga

By Ben Westcott (Bloomberg) Almost two dozen crew on board an Australian Navy ship on its way to provide relief to the Pacific island of Tonga have been

January 25, 2022
Total Views: 1713

Thursday, September 16, 2021
navy nuclear reactor heads
Navy

Australia Gets Top US Navy Nuclear Secrets

Australia will be only the second country after Britain in 1958 to be given access to U.S. Navy's top secret information for building nuclear-powered

September 16, 2021
Total Views: 2724

Thursday, June 28, 2018
HMAS_Ballarat_during_RIMPAC_2016. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Holly Herline
Defense

BAE Wins $25.7 Billion Australian Frigate Contract

June 28 (Reuters) – Britain’s BAE Systems PLC has won a A$35 billion ($25.7 billion) contest to deliver anti-submarine warfare frigates for the

June 28, 2018
Total Views: 8

Saturday, September 30, 2017
Royal Australian Navy's Landing Ship Dock, HMAS CHOULES
Defense

Australian Navy Underway To Help Evacuate 11,000 From Vanuatu Volcano

By Garfield Clinton Reynolds (Bloomberg) Australia is sending a naval vessel to help Vanuatu in its efforts to evacuate 11,000 residents from Ambae Island as a

September 30, 2017
Total Views: 29

Thursday, July 6, 2017
HMAS Bundaberg Underway passing the Sydney Opera House
Defense

Australia Wants Exports With $68 Billion Naval Investment

By Jason Scott (Bloomberg) Australia wants more from its $68 billion investment in new ships and submarines than just a more capable navy.   With final

July 6, 2017
Total Views: 25

Saturday, May 20, 2017
Propulsion Problems Put Australia’s Largest Warships Out of Action
Defense

Propulsion Problems Put Australia’s Largest Warships Out of Action

By Harry Pearl SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) – Australia is investigating if problems in the propulsion systems of two $1.5 billion warships built by

May 20, 2017
Total Views: 78

Friday, April 29, 2016
How France Beat Out Japan to Clinch $40 Billion Submarine Deal
Defense

How France Beat Out Japan to Clinch $40 Billion Submarine Deal

By Tim Kelly, Cyril Altmeyer and Colin Packham TOKYO/PARIS/SYDNEY, April 29 (Reuters) – In 2014, a blossoming friendship between Australian Prime

April 29, 2016
Total Views: 57

Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Thousands of Australian Shipbuilding Jobs Safe Under New Naval Frigates Program
Defense

Thousands of Australian Shipbuilding Jobs Safe Under New Naval Frigates Program

  Jason Scott (Bloomberg) — Australia will build a new fleet of navy ships locally, safeguarding thousands of jobs and ensuring the future viability

August 4, 2015
Total Views: 68

Saturday, June 13, 2015
Prime Minister Tony Abbott
Defense

Did The Australian Navy Pay Off People-Smugglers?

(Reuters)Australia would have stooped to a “new low” if reports that its navy paid people-smugglers bound for Australia thousands of dollars to

June 13, 2015
Total Views: 11

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Australia’s Military Shipbuilders Need Overhaul, Defence Minister Says
Defense

Australia’s Military Shipbuilders Need Overhaul, Defence Minister Says

Australia’s military shipbuilding industry needs to cut costs and become more productive to win contracts as the government seeks to buy 40 ships and

March 31, 2015
Total Views: 3

Thursday, November 20, 2014
hmas toowoomba heroin bust
Defense

Australian Frigate Intercepts Huge Stash of Heroin

While supporting Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) off the coast of east Africa, Australia’s Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba discovered 388 kgs of

November 20, 2014
Total Views: 46

Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Australian Navy Chief Inspects Fire Damage to HMAS Bundaberg
Defense

Australian Navy Chief Inspects Fire Damage to HMAS Bundaberg

The Chief of the Royal Austrialian Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, was at a Brisbane dockyard on Wednesday to inspect damage to a the Armidale Class Patrol

August 13, 2014
Total Views: 162

Friday, April 25, 2014
Australian Navy Seizes Heroin Worth $268 Million From Dhow Off Kenya
Defense

Australian Navy Seizes Heroin Worth $268 Million From Dhow Off Kenya

By George Obulutsa NAIROBI, April 25 (Reuters) – An Australian warship patrolling the Indian Ocean has seized more than a tonne of heroin worth A$289

April 25, 2014
Total Views: 71

Monday, February 10, 2014
australia asylum seekers indonesia
Defense

Asylum Seekers Detail Abuse by Australian Navy as Boat Towed To Indonesia

By Aubrey Belford KUPANG, Indonesia, Feb 10 (Reuters) – On New Year’s day, 45 asylum seekers in a ramshackle wooden boat slid ashore on a small

February 10, 2014
Total Views: 32
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