USS Fitzgerald Leaves Mississippi Drydock After More Than a Year of Repairs
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) sits inside a dry-dock in preparation for launch at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard on April 16, 2019. US Navy Photo After more than a year of repairs,...
View ArticleJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force Expanding as Tokyo Takes New Approach to...
President Donald J. Trump joined by the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe arrive aboard the JS Kaga Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Yokosuka, Japan. White House Photo When President Donald Trump visited...
View ArticleUSS Fitzgerald Returns to Sea After Repairs Caused by Fatal 2017 Collision
USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) departs Huntington Ingalls Industries – Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Pascagoula shipyard to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing on Feb. 3, 2020. US Navy Photo This post has been...
View ArticleDestroyer USS Mustin Transits Taiwan Strait Following Operations with...
USS Mustin (DDG-89) transits the Taiwan Strait on Aug. 18, 2020. US Navy Photo A U.S. guided-missile destroyer transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday following an exercise with Japanese Maritime Self...
View ArticleDestroyer Conducts South China Sea FONOP Day After Chinese ‘Carrier Killer’...
USS Mustin (DDG-89) transits the Taiwan Strait on Aug. 18, 2020. US Navy Photo A guided-missile destroyer conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea past the Paracel Island...
View ArticlePanel: Japan’s Next Prime Minister Will Continue to Grow Self-Defense Force,...
Shinzo Abe on April 7, 2020. Japanese Government Photo Japan’s next prime minister is expected to follow Shinzo Abe’s path in tightening Tokyo’s military ties with the United States and expanding the...
View ArticleNTSB: ‘Unexplained’ Course Change Was ‘A Critical Error’ in Fatal USS...
Undated photo of USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) pierside in Japan shortly after accident. US Navy Photo Federal investigators highlighted an “unexplained course change” by a U.S. guided-missile destroyer as...
View ArticleAustralia to Join U.S., India, Japan for Malabar 2020 in High-End Naval...
Ships from the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy sail in formation during Malabar 2018 on June 14, 2018. US Navy Photo Australia will join the India-led Malabar...
View ArticleReport to Congress on Japan-U.S. Relations
The following is the April 6, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress. From the report Japan is a significant partner of the United States in a number of...
View Article2021 Defense of Japan Report
The following is the Japanese Ministry of Defense 2021 White Paper Defense of Japan released this week. From the report In the year 2020, not only did the entire world face unprecedented difficulties...
View ArticleNTSB 2020 Digest of Maritime Accident Investigations
The following is the National Transportation Safety Board recently released Safer Seas Digest 2020 that summarizes major maritime accidents and lessons learned including the 2017 collision of USS...
View Article10 Chinese, Russian Warships Sail Through Japanese Islands
Chinese and Russian Warships on Oct. 18, 2021. Japanese Self-Defense Force Photos A combination of 10 Russian Navy and Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy ships sailed from the Sea of Japan to the...
View ArticleNavy, Marines Drill with Japanese Forces in Test of New Island-Hopping Concept
Ships of the America and Essex Amphibious Ready Groups, and Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, sail in formation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during exercise Noble Fusion on Feb. 7,...
View ArticleRussian Warships Shelling Towns Near Odesa as Naval Activity Increasers in...
Graphic by H I Sutton used with permission Russian ships are shelling targets in the suburbs of Odesa as naval activity ticks up in the Black Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. “We do see increased...
View ArticleJapan Countering China’s Naval Build-up with Modern Fleet
JS Maya(DDG-179) in Port of Kobe, Japan on Nov. 23, 2020. JMSDF Photo Last month, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force commissioned JS Kumano, the first of its new Mogami-class multi-role frigates....
View ArticleJapan Announces Indo-Pacific Warship Deployment Ahead of U.S.-led RIMPAC...
JS Izumo (DDH-183) docking at the Port Klang Cruise Terminal, Malaysia during its 2019 Indo-Pacific Deployment. Dzirhan Mahadzir Photo Four Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force warships will leave...
View ArticleChinese Ships Spotted Near Senkaku Islands, India Takes Carrier Delivery
Jandao-class small frigate (615). JSDF Photo Three Peoples’ Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) hydrographic survey ships transited the Japanese Straits this week while a PLAN corvette sailed south past the...
View Article2022 Defense of Japan Report
The following is the Japanese Ministry of Defense 2022 White Paper Defense of Japan released this week. From the report The international community is currently facing its greatest trial since WWII. It...
View ArticleJapan Set to Buy SM-6s in Potential $450M Deal, Says State Department
SM-6 launches from guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones on Aug. 29, 2017. MDA Photo Japan is set to be the first country after the United States to field the Standard Missile 6 as part of a...
View ArticleJapanese MoD Report on Chinese Gray Zone, Influence Operations
The following is the Nov. 25, report from the Japanese National Institute For Defense Studies, China Security Report 2023: China’s Quest for Control of the Cognitive Domain and Gray Zone Situations....
View ArticleJapan Scrambled Fighters Almost 800 Times Against Chinese, Russian Aircraft...
A People’s Liberation Army Navy J-15 carrier fighter takes off from Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (16) on May 7, 2022. Japanese MoD Photo Japanese fighter jets scrambled a total of 778 times in the...
View ArticleJapan Warns World Facing its Greatest Post-WWII Period of Crisis
JS Suzutsuki conducted a bilateral exercise with the French Navy Charles de Gaulle CSG in the vicinity of Western Arabian Sea. JMSDF Photo Japanese defense officials warned the international community...
View Article‘Quad’ Alliance Joins Together for Exercise Malabar 2023 in Australia
Vessels participating in Exercise Malabar 2023, the INS Sahyadri, JS Shiranui, INS Kolkata and HMAS Brisbane sail through Sydney Harbour to Fleet Base East. Royal Australian Navy Photo The United...
View ArticleJapan Releases $53B Defense Budget Focused on Shipbuilding, Fighters
A Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-35A Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter in 2021. JSDF Photo Japan’s Ministry of Defense requested on Thursday a record defense budget of $53 billion for Fiscal Year...
View ArticleChinese Aircraft Carrier, Warships Massing for Major Exercise Near the...
A Taiwanese destroyer monitoring the People’s Liberation Army Navy aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17). Taiwan Ministry of Defense Photo The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike...
View Article2023 Defense of Japan Report
The following is the Japanese Ministry of Defense 2023 White Paper Defense of Japan. From the report On the Publication of Defense of Japan 2023 The world is at a turning point in history. The...
View ArticleChinese Aircraft Carrier Shandong Back in South China Sea
CNS Shandong (17). JMSDF Photo The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Shandong Carrier Strike Group returned to the South China Sea on Friday, according to a release by the Japanese Ministry of...
View ArticleChinese Carrier Shandong Deploys, Operating Near Taiwan
CNS Shandong (17) underway on Sept. 10, 2023. JMSDF Photo The People’s Liberation Army Navy carrier CNS Shandong (17) on Thursday deployed into the western Pacific for the third time this year while,...
View ArticlePeople’s Liberation Air Force Drill with Chinese Carrier Shandong
CNS Shandong.JMSDF Photo The People’s Liberation Army Air Force and Navy drilled with the Shandong Carrier Strike Group near Taiwan on Tuesday, according to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense...
View ArticleCarrier USS Carl Vinson Sails with Philippine Navy in South China Sea
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) recovers aircraft during flight operations on Nov. 19, 2023. US Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) began drills in the South...
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