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  • US Defence Secretary Tours Chinese First Aircraft Carrier

    8 April 2014
    Authorities

    On U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s first official visit to China, the Peoples’ Liberation Army allowed him, in response to a request made in January, to become the first foreign visitor to tour the sleek refitted Russian aircraft carrier, the PLA’s first, called Liaoning.   China is Hagel’s third stop after multiday meetings in Hawaii […]

  • Russia, China to Conduct Joint Naval Exercise Late in April 2012

    29 March 2012
    Training & Education

    Russia and China will conduct joint naval exercise late in Apr 2012, reports Chinese newspaper Renmin Ribao referring to Russian Navy Deputy Chief of Staff RADM Leonid Sukhanov. One of the exercise objectives will be protection of exclusive economic zones of both countries, reports Interfax citing the Chinese newspaper. According to Renmin Ribao, Russia’s Pacific […]

  • South China Sea Fleet Completes Three-Dimensional Landing Exercise

    11 May 2012
    Training & Education

      A three-dimensional landing drill started recently in waters of the South China Sea. A landing ship flotilla under the South China Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) cooperated closely with a marine brigade and an aviation regiment of the PLA Navy and conducted the drill on such subjects […]

  • VCNO Returns from China

    20 November 2013
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson returned Nov. 15 from an official visit to the People’s Republic of China. During the four-day visit, Adm. Ferguson held discussions with senior leaders of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA(N)) and visited several PLA(N) ships, including the 7,500-ton, newly commissioned guided-missile destroyer Changchun (DDG 150); a […]

  • USS Lake Erie, Chinese Ships Conduct SAR Training

    11 September 2013
    Training & Education

    As part of a broader advancement in cooperation between the United States and China, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) and the People’s Liberation Army-Navy [PLA(N)] participated in training scenarios off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, Sept. 9.  The three participating PLA(N) ships, a Fuqing-class fleet oiler Hongzehu (AOR 881), a Lulu-class destroyer […]

  • Chinese Warship to Visit Indian Port of Kochi?

    9 April 2013
    Training & Education

    A Chinese anti-piracy warship will probably visit the Indian port of Kochi this year. That is going to be the first such port visit in 12 years as Indian news portal “India Today” reports. “There has been a noticeable uptake in our relations with China in recent months,” reports India Today citing senior defence sources. […]

  • Pakistan Navy commissions first Type 054A/P frigate

    25 January 2022
    Vessels

    The Pakistan Navy has commissioned PNS Tughril, the first of four Type 054A/P (P standing for Pakistan) frigates built in China.

  • US Navy P-8A aircraft joins search and rescue efforts after East China Sea tanker collision

    8 January 2018
    Authorities

    The US Navy deployed a P-8A maritime reconnaissance aircraft to help search for survivors of a collision between two commercial ships in the East China Sea on January 6. The aircraft searched for  32 crew who went missing after Iranian oil tanker MV Sanchi collided with Chinese grain ship CF Crystal. According to the US […]

  • US Air Force B-1B Lancers train with destroyer USS Sterett in South China Sea

    9 June 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers flew a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to train with the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) in the South China Sea on June 8. The joint training was organized under Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence program (CBP) and aimed at allowing the […]

  • China starts construction of two more Bangladesh Navy corvettes

    11 August 2016

    China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group has started construction of additional two Swadhinota-class guided missile corvettes for the Bangladesh Navy with a ceremony that was attended by the Chief of Naval Staff Mohammed Nizamuddin Ahmed. The Swadhinota-class are a variation of the Chinese Navy Type-056 design and the Bangladesh Navy already operates two vessels in the class. On January 10, 2016, BN received BNS […]

  • Chinese, Australian Naval Officers Share Counter-Piracy Lessons

    24 December 2012
    Training & Education

    Chinese and Australian naval officers shared their experiences in the conduct of counter-piracy operations in the Middle East Area of Operations at a roundtable meeting on thursday. Rear Admiral Zhou Xu-Ming Commander of the Chinese Naval Task Group and the commanding officers of three visiting People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) ships met with the Acting Commander […]

  • Philippine Navy to receive US Coast Guard cutter soon

    15 March 2016
    Authorities, Equipment & technology

    The U.S. Coast Guard will decommission the high endurance cutter Boutwell during a ceremony held at Naval Base San Diego, March 16. The cutter has been in service for 48 years and will now be transferred to the Philippine Navy under the Foreign Military Sale Program through the Foreign Assistance Act. Additionally, the Philippine Navy will receive […]

  • Pakistan Navy’s new ships’ keels laid in China and Turkey

    12 May 2021
    Vessels

    The Pakistan Navy has the keels of two future ships that will join its fleet recently laid during separate ceremonies held in China and in Turkey.

  • Pakistan’s indigenous submarine project reaches ‘mega milestone’

    26 December 2022
    Vessels

    Keel laying ceremony of the first Hangor-class submarine and steel cutting of the second submarine has been held as part of the Pakistani indigenous submarine development project. Pakistan Navy informed that the ceremonies took place at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) on 21 December, marking “another mega milestone” in the project. The submarines are […]

  • Japan Maritime Self Defense Force eyeing purchase of 20 unmanned helicopters

    30 July 2019
    Authorities

    The Japanese government intends to acquire around 20 unmanned helicopters for its Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF), local media reports have said citing unnamed officials. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the acquisition of a yet unspecified large, unmanned helicopter fleet would be in response to China’s growing maritime assertiveness in the region. The ship-based helicopters […]

  • Chinese Navy Ship Assists in Preparation for Multinational Exercise

    5 June 2013
    Training & Education

    An amphibious transport ship of the People’s Republic of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy KUNLUN SHAN has arrived in Brunei’s Muara Commercial port. The transport ship will be used to transport equipment and personnel required for the ASEAN Defence Minister Meeting Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise (ADMM HADR & MM Ex.) […]

  • Japan Plans to Build Another Helicopter-Carrying Ship

    19 September 2011
    Industry

      Japan plans to build another helicopter-carrying ship in reply to China’s acquirement of its first home-made flattop, reports Korean information agency Cho Sun. The information that China had started construction of its first aircraft carrier was circulated by Chinese media on Wednesday. Reportedly, the first Chinese-built carrier would be 320-meter long accomodating 50 deck-based […]

  • Japan conducts exercise with US and Australia in East China Sea

    7 July 2022
    Training & Education

    The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, together with the US Navy and the Royal Australian Navy, conducted a trilateral exercise in the East China Sea to East of Okinawa.

  • US, China Hold Counter Piracy Exercise

    26 August 2013
    Training & Education

    The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) participated in a counter piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden with elements of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)), Aug. 24-25. Mason joined Chinese destroyer Harbin (DDG 112) and Chinese auxiliary replenishment oiler Weishanhu (AO 887) to conduct a series of evolutions including combined visit, board, […]

  • USS Wasp visits Singapore after South China Sea drills

    3 October 2018
    Authorities

    After completing integrated Defense of the Amphibious Task Force (DATF) drills in the South China Sea, US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) entered Singapore’s Changi Naval Base together with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for a scheduled port visit on October 2. Capt. Colby Howard, commanding officer of Wasp, says Singapore […]

  • Radiation Leak Occurred in Chinese Nuclear-Powered Submarine

    5 August 2011

    Radiation leak occurred in nuclear-powered submarine moored in Dalian, northeast China on July 29, reports information portal referring to a source in People’s Liberation Army of China. Beijing has not given official confirmation so far. The accident happened during installation of new electronic equipment in one of the sub’s compartments. Chinese military blocked the accident […]

  • Top News of the Week Dec 23 – 29, 2013

    29 December 2013
    Authorities, Equipment & technology, Industry, Research & Development, Training & Education

    Brazilian Aircraft Carrier Restored to Full Capacity The Brazilian Navy has hired DCNS to carry out a ship check on the forward catapult of its aircraft carrier São Paulo.   DCNS team of engineers conducted the diagnostics and trials for the Brazilian Navy in November at the naval premises of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. China […]

  • Vice Minister of Ministry of State Security of China Visits Sri Lanka Navy Dockyard

    4 April 2013
    Training & Education

    Vice Minister of the Ministry of State Security of China, Mr. Zhou Qing and his deligation visited SLN Dockyard in Trincomalee on 02nd April 2013. The delegation was provided with a harbour cruise as well as an opportunity to visit the Naval Museum during their visit. [mappress] Naval Today Staff, April 4, 2013; Image: Sri […]

  • USS Green Bay sailors return to South China Sea patrols

    3 March 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    U.S. Navy’s amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) returned to operations in the South China Sea, March 2. Green Bay returned to sea after successfully completing exercise Cobra Gold 2017 (CG17) February 24, operating in the Gulf of Thailand and various locations throughout the […]

  • Chinese Sailors Take Part in RIMPAC Search Exercise

    18 July 2014
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The Republic of China Navy, along with the US Navy, has conduced a search exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) on Wednesday.   Chinese sailors boarded vessels in search for mock pirates and smuggled goods. The crew from the Chinese destroyer Haikou (171) boarded the Coast Guard cutter Waesche, playing the role of a merchant ship transporting valuable paintings, […]

  • Ships from Pacific Fleet Leave China

    10 June 2011
    Training & Education

      Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit consisting of large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev and rescue tug Fotiy Krylov under command of PF Primorskaya Flotilla Capt 1 rank Viktor Sokolov left Shanghai port on June 8 after a 2-day formal visit. During the visit to China, PF mariners replenished fuel and food supplies, went sightseeing, and […]