Maritime Powers

  • India’s Bay of Bengal fears

    India looks to potential new hot spot. ‘Conflict with China will be in Bay of Bengal’ Jayanta Gupta Kolkata: The next conflict with China will not be along India’s northern […]

  • RSN celebrates birthday

    Strong partnerships critical as security challenges grow more transnational, he says Naval cooperation key to maritime security: President Chong Zi Liang The gathering of navies from around the world to […]

  • CMF seizes more heroin

    Another big drug haul for CMF. Second Narcotics Seizure for HMAS Arunta Demonstrates Winning Combined Maritime Formula Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta has seized more than 250kg of heroin hidden […]

  • A new wave of piracy?

    Is Africa facing a new wave of piracy? By Tomi Oladipo,BBC Monitoring Africa security correspondent The recent hijacking of a ship by Somali pirates was the first such incident off […]

  • UN warns on Hodeidah attack

    Pressure continues to be placed on Saudi coalition. Attack on Yemeni port would displace at least 400,000 – U.N. An attack on Yemen’s Hodeidah port would displace more than 400,000 […]

  • Migrant rescue spat

    Incident occurred about 30 km north of the Libyan coast. Libya Coastguard NGO vessel in altercation Libya’s coastguard intercepted nearly 500 migrants on a wooden boat and returned them to […]

  • India, US discuss marsec cooperation

    Keeping an eye on China… India, US discuss maritime security cooperation India and the US discussed maritime cooperation in the second round of the India-US Maritime Security Dialogue, the External […]

  • Joint patrols for Malacca

    Didn’t make it as far as the Philippines… Joint Patrol in Malacca Strait Conducted by Indonesia, Malaysia Indonesian and Malaysian military personnel are conducting joint patrol and [exercise] code named […]

  • Malaysia looks to the skies

    Any spare planes, guv? Malaysia reportedly asks Japan for Lockheed-made P-3 Orion aircraft By: Mike Yeo MELBOURNE, Australia — Malaysia has reportedly asked Japan for some of its retired Lockheed Martin P-3 […]

  • Has China killed pirates?

    The Chinese Ministry of National Defense clarified the extent of the Chinese Navy’s anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean. China Burnishes Anti-Piracy Credentials Without Clarifying Possible Use of Lethal Force […]