Royal Australian Navy – Continued standoff between Australia and the Norwegian ship with several hundred refugees onboard. An Australian frigate is on its way to the scene, off Christmas Island. BBC: Australia seeks help over boat people US Navy – The US Navy is using the Web to help it defend against terrorist attacks. San [...]

Royal Australian Navy – Royal Australian Navy high speed patrol boats have transported SAS troops to a Norwegian ship carrying over 400 refugees in order to ask it to sail out of Australian territorial waters. BBC: Australian troops board refugee ship US Navy – Recycling warships, in an environmentally conscious manner, becomes a difficult task. [...]

US Navy – The US and China are in a struggle for supremacy in information warfare – this is the real background to the downing of the Navy EP-3 earlier this spring. MSNBC: The U.S.-China information war Royal Navy – The Royal Navy will attempt to make future sonars whale and dolphin friendly. The Times: [...]

US Navy – The US and China are set to meet to negotiate a maritime conduct accord in order to avoid future incidents like the EP-3 affair. Washington Times: U.S., China to meet on maritime accord Royal Marines – The Royal Marines are undergoing an amphibious renaissance. Jane’s: UK’s ‘sea soldiers’ readied for a new [...]

US Coast Guard – The cutter Sherman is the first Coast Guard cutter to circumnavigate the world. Contra Costa Times: Coast Guard vessel travels the world in historic voyage US Navy – More information has been released on an ASW sensor that uses lasers to see beneath the waves. Jane’s: Clouds lift over April Showers [...]

Indian Navy – The Indian Navy is dropping most of the Royal Navy traditions which it had adopted after Independence. Rediff: The end of tradition Royal Navy – The UK is considering its options for lightweight towed array sonars for its new Astute-class nuclear attack submarines that will be more suited for operations in the [...]

Russian Navy – Could it be that the Russian Navy is pulling ahead of the West in antisubmarine detection? Sunday Times of London: MI6 called up to safeguard nuclear subs Royal Navy – A fault in the heart of HMS Torbay’s nuclear reactor has been discovered only at the end of a three-year refit, instead [...]

Royal Navy – A large Royal Navy worldwide exercise, Argonaut 01, has begun, involving HMS Illustrious and HMS Ocean. MOD: Mine hunters lead the way on largest Royal Navy deployment since the Falklands Background – Asia – Asian countries are beginning to align themselves to provide a counterbalance to China. Jane’s: Asia’s new power balance [...]

US Navy – The USS Constellation and USS Carl Vinson battlegroups held exercises in the South China sea, sending a signal to China that the US does not consider the South China sea to be a Chinese territory. Subsequently a P-3C patrol plane was denied permission to visit Hong Kong on a training mission. CNN: [...]

US Navy – How the USS Kitty Hawk’s Web site is maintained. New York Times (registration required): To the Navy’s Ranks, Add Webmaster US Navy – The US Navy will convert up to 4 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines into cruise missile carrying submarines which will also have special operations warfare capabilities. Jane’s: USN SSGN conversion [...]

US Navy – More on the future of UCAVs – uninhabited combat aerial vehicles, including their naval applications such as the X-47. Virginian Pilot: Military gets glimpse of high-tech future Air Force: Send in the UCAVs US Navy – What kind of access to the Internet do sailors have when they are at sea? Stars [...]

Israeli Navy – One of the Israeli Navy’s Dolphin-class submarines suffered a diving mishap. Jerusalem Post: Dolphin sub suffers mishap Georgian Navy – The Georgian Navy has been exercising with the US Navy. Associated Press: U.S., Georgian Ships Hold Exercise US Navy – The USS Constellation battlegroup is taking a shore leave at the new [...]

Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force – A Japanese submarine rescue ship will assist in the salvage of the fishing trawler Ehime Maru. Honolulu Star Bulletin: Japanese ship to help salvage Ehime Maru US Coast Guard – Aboard the USCG icebreaker Healy on her maiden voyage to the Arctic. Science Daily: On First Science Cruise Icebreaker [...]

Background – Piracy – More on the high cost to shippers of the current rash of piracy. National Post: Not since Captain Kidd has piracy been so rife Russian Navy – The current Russian Navy thinking on what happened to the Kursk – it was damaged by an internal explosion. Washington Times: Sub blast ‘came [...]

US Navy – A tanker attempting to circumvent the UN blockade against Iraq has been sunk while being pursued by US Navy ships. Reuters: Ship with Iraq Oil Sinks in Gulf Fleeing Patrol Reuters: Iraq says ship that sank in Gulf was holed by U.S. Russian Navy – What it is like to dive to [...]

Spanish Navy – The first Spanish F-100-class frigate, equipped with the Aegis combat suite, will soon enter service. Jane’s: F-100 keeps its course Background – Weaponization of Space – The state-of-the-art in space weapons. New York Times: The Next Battlefield May Be in Outer Space

US Navy – US and British forces, including aircraft from the USS Enterprise, have struck Iraqi targets in the largest raid against Iraq in the last several months. BBC: Allied planes bomb Iraq Times of London (registration required): Bush delivers stern message to Baghdad US Marines – Eight members of the US Marines have been [...]

US Navy – The demise of the US Merchant Marine has left the US short of the sailors needed to man the cargo ships of the Ready Reserve Force, which will lead to disaster in time of war as supplies will be delayed in reaching forces in combat. The Sun : Merchant marine’s demise endangers [...]

Russian Navy – Navy Day in Russia was marked by pledges to rebuild the Russian Fleet. National Post: Russia vows to salvage navy along with Kursk US Navy – The USS Kitty Hawk has received the Rolling Airframe Missile point defense system. Stars and Stripes: USS Kitty Hawk gets upgrade with Rolling Airframe Missile weapon [...]

Russian Navy – A further explanation of the new theory regarding the cause of the Kursk’s sinking. BBC: New theory for Kursk sinking Background – Merchant Marine – New container ships being constructed will have nearly twice the speed of current container ships. This is a potential revolution in transport – what effect will it [...]