Maritime Powers

  • AdvanFort crew jailed

    AdvanFort maritime security teams receive large sentences. Five-year jail terms for crew, guards of US ship A Tuticorin court on Monday awarded five-year jail terms to 10 crew and 25 […]

  • OBP lists 3 priority areas

    NGO prioritises areas to be tackled. Oceans Beyond Piracy Lists 3 Priority Areas By Aiswarya Lakshmi Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP) remains committed to three priority areas that will guide our […]

  • China, subs and pirates

    Can you fight pirates from beneath? U.S. Questions Chinese Submarines on Anti-Piracy Missions By Aiswarya Lakshmi U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Scott Swift questioned the motive behind China deploying submarines […]

  • INS Kadmatt joins Eastern Fleet

    New corvette commissioned. INS Kadmatt joins Eastern Fleet The Indian Navy achieved another milestone by commissioning INS Kadmatt, an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette, into the Eastern Fleet here on Thursday. […]

  • Settling Maritime Disputes

    A safe and secure maritime environment is a precondition for the free flow of international trade. Can the Indian Ocean region be a model for the rules-based system in Asia? […]

  • Planes landing on Spratly Islands

    The resource-rich South China Sea is claimed by multiple countries. China lands more civilian planes on Fiery Cross reef China has landed two civilian planes on an artificial island built […]

  • US drone tests continue

    US Navy continues drone tests. DARPA Awards Northrop Grumman Contract for Full-Scale Demonstration Program of Next-Generation Unmanned System for Maritime ISR and Strike The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) […]

  • Still no MPA for UK

    UK still lacks MPA. No date yet for new maritime patrol aircraft fleet to be based at RAF Lossiemouth A defence minister has insisted it would be “quite wrong” to […]

  • China, Pakistan Join Forces Under the Sea

    Joint exercise held by nations. China and Pakistan Join Forces Under the Sea Koh Swee Lean Collin While attention has been on the simmering tensions in the East and South […]

  • The Indo-Pacific push back

    Position of the US in the region is now being challenged by China. India And Japan Affirm Security Of Indo-Pacific Region -Analysis By Bhaskar Roy The recent official visit (Dec. […]