Pakistan Navy modernises Submarine capabilities
Pakistan has an enduring interest in boosting its submarine fleet capabilities to keep pace with the Indian Navy, a desire that has been further...
Rosoboronexport signs a cooperation agreement with Ak Bars Shipbuilding Corporation
On November 14, 2018, Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation), and Renat Mistakhov, Director General of the Ak...
Cooperation for Certification of Naval Platforms
Through the directives of Presidency of Defence Industries of Turkey, state-owned defense company Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. (STM), a subsidiary of the...
Greater Potential Pending
The Malaysian Government continues to have ambitious plans for all branches of its armed forces, but more focus needs to be applied to budgetary...
Amphibious Sustained Reach
Large ships can, by definition, support a number of tasks. Such flexibility inherent in both amphibious and logistics platforms is being exploited by a...
China flexes Maritime Muscle to warn Taiwan and Regional Rivals
The South China Sea has witnessed growing Chinese naval presence, but the People’s Liberal Army Navy (PLA-N) parade on 12 April was of another...
Fast Attack: Still a Threat in the Littoral
Small, swift missile-bearing attack craft can do great damage at range if allowed to do so.
Fast craft have received a great deal of attention...
India’s careful approach to China continues
The speculation of Chinese dominance in the Indo-Pacific region has been well documented in the Indian press. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has...
The Naval Workhorse – The Rise of OPVs
Offshore Patrol Vessels are gaining popularity as a cheaper but increasingly more capable option to more sizeable and expensive ‘grey navy’ options.
The Asia-Pacific region...
To the Beach and Beyond – Amphibious Assault
The development of ship-to-shore landing vessels means more volume arriving per trip at higher speed.
The amphibious operation is considered by many military analysts and...
