Thales will enhance the anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the French Navy by providing several hundred SonoFlash sonobuoys. These expendable sonar buoy are the only such models to offer both active and passive modes: they are equipped with a powerful low-frequency emitter and a receiver with high directivity.
Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) pulled into Laem Chabang, Thailand, on Monday for a port visit after three weeks of operating in the South China Sea. Meanwhile, the French Carrier Strike Group is operating in the Bali Sea after wrapping up the French Navy-led multinational exercise La Perouse 25 exercise on Friday.
AN EX-Nato commander has blasted woke Navy chiefs for renaming a submarine to avoid upsetting the French. HMS Agincourt is the fleet’s sixth vessel and was named after the 1415 victory by
France’s second largest warship has docked in Darwin, as part of an operation in the Indo Pacific to shore up allies, talk strategy, and strengthen French diplomacy in the region.
The two Atlantique 2s will take part in the La Perouse 2025 exercise in the Indonesian archipelago together with the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and its Carrier Strike Group, which is currently sailing in the area as part of the Clemenceau 25 deployment to the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific.
The French Carrier Strike Group is spearheading the French Navy-led multinational biennial exercise La Perouse 25 that began on Thursday across three critical maritime passages in South East Asia. The 2025 exercise also marks the first time that South East Asian nations are participating in the exercise,
Targeting French patrol craft that were in international waters seems like an aggressive action. But Moscow would likely claim this was self-defense.
The Royal Canadian Navy has released the name of the sailor who died after a boat capsized in Halifax harbour on Friday night.
The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The seventh Astute Class boat was due to become the sixth vessel to be named after the 1415 battle, where Henry V routed the forces of France with the help of his legendary archers.
Former ministers condemn ‘woke nonsense’ after decision to remove name recalling one of England’s greatest military victories
There has been a sharp rise in damage to undersea cables in the Baltic, with at least 11 incidents reported since October 2023.
NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine countries with Baltic shores.