Building and operating a hybrid fleet in the Indo-Pacific Region to meet the Chinese challenge are becoming essential goals for the US Navy.

A former Russian general has urged President Vladimir Putin to use an underwater nuclear weapon to destroy Britain with a 1,000-foot-high radioactive wave if NATO forces set foot in Ukraine. 

Logistics and sustainment in ‘long wars’ with a peer adversary have again caught the imagination of military planners. This possibly indicates the US is preparing to clash with China in the Western Pacific.

While the conflict in Ukraine has been chiefly fought on land and in the skies, a few hostilities also played out in the naval domain.

The US Navy named one of its Ticonderoga-Class cruisers after a former slave Robert Smalls, who broke away from the shackles of confederate slavery and went on to script history as a war hero in the American Civil War.

Russia seems to have taken a leaf out of Ukraine’s book and adopted the use of unmanned vessels for attacking Ukrainian positions if recent reports are to be believed.

Many in Taiwan and their supporters in the strategic community in the United States seem to favor applying one lesson learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine against China to thwart its aggressive designs on the island nation. That makes the Chinese invasion very difficult and expensive by mining its warships in the Taiwan Strait.

A US lawmaker has introduced a resolution calling for the return of a US Navy ship seized by North Korea 55 years ago.

Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT) has demonstrated 12MW rated power under Indian sea conditions. This is equivalent to about 16MW under International Standard Atmospheric (ISA) conditions.

Under the cover of darkness Royal Marines carried out ambushes in the rainforests of Hawaiian paradise island Oahu during intensive jungle exercises with the US Marine Corps.

The government will spend up to $1 billion on procuring high-tech underwater weapons. The steps are meant to deter China and other potential rivals from sending ships and submarines into Australia's waterways. Sea mines can discriminate between military targets and other ships,  distinguishing them from indiscriminate land mines.

Indian Navy to commission fifth Kalvari class submarine named 'Vagir' on January 23, 2023. Chief of the Naval Staff, Adm R Hari Kumar, Chief Guest for ceremony. These submarines are being built in India by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai.