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
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 […]
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
Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) departed Singapore after a four-day port visit to the island nation, Oct. 28, and continues on its routine journey to its new homeport of San Diego. Concurrently, the Ronal
Indian and Sri Lankan Navies started the 4th edition of Sri Lanka-India Exercise (SLINEX) off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka today, October 27. SLINEX, scheduled to wrap up on November 1, is a series of bilateral maritime exercises which were first launched in 2005. Indian Naval ships Kora, Kirpan and Savit
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, for a port visit Oct. 19, after conducting a routine South China Sea patrol. Lassen spent the last four weeks on a routine patrol in international waters in the South China Sea, in support of securit
The tri-lateral exercise Malabar came to a close as Indian, Japanese and U.S. naval forces completed training, Oct. 19. The annual high-end war fighting exercise, which began in 1992, featured maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare, air defense exercises (A
A formal ceremony welcomed HMAS Stuart alongside in Yokosuka, Japan, on 10 October when the ship arrived to participate in the country’s International Fleet Review. A Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force contingent, led by Captain Kazijoto greeted the ship on arrival. Marking the formal commencement
Naval ships, aircraft and personnel from India, Japan and the United States are participating in exercise Malabar 2015, in Chennai, India, Oct. 14-19, 2015. Malabar 2015 is a complex, high-end warfighting exercise that has grown in scope and complexity over the years and is the latest in a continuin
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) entered 7th Fleet’s area of responsibility (AOR), Oct. 13, in support of security and stability to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Benfold will enhance presence in the 7th Fleet as part of the U.S. Navy’s long range plan to send the mos
HMS Queen Elizabeth Gets New Radar System A cutting-edge 3D radar system, capable of detecting objects as small as a tennis ball and travelling at three times the speed of sound more than 25km away, has been successfully installed to the Royal Navy’s future aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. HMS
Indian Navy’s Rear Admiral AB Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet has handed over the command of Eastern Fleet to Rear Admiral SV Bhokare. The change of command took place at a ceremony held in the Visakhapatnam Naval Base on October 6, 2015. Rear Admiral SV Bhokare is a specialist in
Indian Navy’s new indigenously built Torpedo Launch and Recovery Vessel INS Astradharini was commissioned October 6 at the Naval Base Visakhapatnam. The design of the Astradharini was a collaborative effort of NSTL, M/s Shoft Shipyard and IIT Kharagpur. The vessel has a catamaran hull form that sign
Indian Navy’s largest made warship Kochi will join the fleet tomorrow, September 30, in a ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. The ship is the second ship of the Kolkata-class (Project 15A) Guided Missile Destroyers. The contract for three ships of Kolkata class was signed as follow-on of the legenda
