The Boeing P 8 I (Poseidon Eight India) Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft was admitted into the Indian defence forces this morning, November 13. The aircraft was introduced by the Defence Minister, Shri Manohar Parrikar, at a ceremony held at INS Rajali in Arakkonam, India. The P-8I aircraft is a
Ships from the U.S. Navy’s Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) transited the Straits of Malacca and conducted routine operations in the South China Sea from November 7-10. The ARG’s flagship, the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), conducted the patrol as the amphibious transport
Members of the Japan Air Self Defense Force and U.S. Air Force 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron visited the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) Nov. 9, for a tour of the ship and to conduct training. 28 JASDF staff members and 20 U.S. Air Force personnel arrived aboard t
The ill fated Pawan Hans Helicopter (of Dauphin make) AS 365 N3 was located on the sea bed after it crashed and sank about 80 miles west of Mumbai on November 4, near the offshore oilfield Bombay High in the Arabian Sea. In a joint operation coordinated by the Coast Guard Maritime Rescue Coordinatio
Sailors assigned to U.S. Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) began the at-sea evaluation phase of the ship’s Mid-Cycle Inspection (MCI) today, November 9. Similarly to the INSURV, The MCI is a detailed material condition readiness examination of U.S. Navy vessels and is sched
A closing ceremony for the 21st annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei exercise was held at Muara Naval Base, Nov. 6. CARAT is a bilateral exercise series between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations in South and Southeast Asia, inclu
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 p
The U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) navies will participate in Exercise Clear Horizon which is to take place in waters south of the Korean peninsula from November 9-13. Clear Horizon is an annual exercise between the U.S. and ROK navies designed to improve cooperation and capabilities in mine count
The Sri Lanka Navy and Indian Navy Exercise (SLINEX 2015) concluded on November 1, 2015, in Trincomalee. The joint naval exercise enabled both Navies to rehearse and improve capabilities and enhance operational effectiveness required to maintain maritime security in the region by integrating forces.
Indian Navy’s newest stealth destroyer INS Kochi test-fired BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile on Sunday, November 1, 2015, on the west coast of India. The second of Project 15A Kolkata-class guided missile destroyer fired the BRAHMOS missile system as part of an Acceptance Test Firing during a naval
Following a four-month patrol, the US amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) will now start maintenance works in Sasebo, Japan. The vessel returned to its forward-deployed home port on November 4. It will now begin a maintenance availability period to sustain the ship’s readiness postu
The US Navy’s Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722) arrived in Subic Bay for a visit as part of its deployment to the Western Pacific, Nov. 4. After more than a month at sea, the crew of Key West was very much looking forward to its first stop in Subic Bay. A […]
INS Vikramaditya, Indian Navy’s new aircraft carrier, held a change of command ceremony today at Karwar. Captain Krishna Swaminathan has assumed charge as the second Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier. The ship was commissioned at Severodvinsk in Russia on 16 November 2013 and has since been
US Navy’s Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) arrived in Busan, South Korea, for a goodwill port visit, Oct. 30. The units included the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile
