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Tag: Royal Navy

Posted inSecurity

Germany dips its toe deeper in Indo-Pacific waters

by Andrew Salmon August 17, 2022August 23, 2022

The German Air Force is dispatching jet fighters to drill in Australia, Japan and South Korea, part of a rising trend of expanding ties between US-allied Atlanticist and Pacifist militaries amid rising tensions with China. In its “Rapid Pacific” deployment, Germany will dispatch six Eurofighters, 200 personnel, three A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports and an A400M […]

Posted inOpinion

Chinese navy marks important date in annals of naval warfare

by Lyle Goldstein June 2, 2022June 2, 2022
Posted inUS-China

Mixed military messaging in South China Sea

by Mark Valencia August 13, 2021August 18, 2021
Posted inUnited Kingdom

HMS Queen Elizabeth sends combat jets into harm’s way

by Dave Makichuk June 23, 2021June 23, 2021
Posted inOpinion

South China Sea: muddying the waters

by Mark Valencia May 14, 2021May 14, 2021
Posted inUnited Kingdom

Royal Navy’s HMS Anson packs a lethal punch

by Dave Makichuk May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
A naval officer looks up at the fluttering White ensign flag hoisted at the stern during the Commissioning Ceremony for the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at HM Naval Base in Portsmouth, southern England on December 7, 2017.Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, attended the Commissioning Ceremony of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / RICHARD POHLE
Posted inOpinion

UK outlines global-focused defense strategy

by Aditya Pareek April 21, 2021April 21, 2021
Posted inUnited Kingdom

Royal Navy’s sub fleet takes an Audacious turn

by Dave Makichuk April 25, 2020April 25, 2020
Posted inWorld

For sale: Used British nuclear submarines

by Dave Makichuk November 25, 2019October 19, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Iran says European fleet would be ‘provocative’

by Amir Havasi July 29, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Middle East, United Kingdom, United States, World

Iran runs rings around Royal Navy

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse July 23, 2019February 18, 2020
British warship HMS Montrose is now making its way across the Pacific Ocean on its way to New Zealand. Photo: AFP/STR
Posted inBahrain, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

UK’s hopes of Indo-Pacific strike group with France premature

by Emanuele Scimia January 6, 2019February 18, 2020
A Royal Marine boarding team is seen in front of the HMS Argyll, which has been involved in freedom of navigation exercises in the South China Sea plus naval exercises with allies such as the US, Australia and Japan, who share its concerns about Beijing claiming the South China Sea as its territorial waters. Photo: AFP / Ministry of Defence
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

British Navy seen only playing minor role in South China Sea

by Emanuele Scimia November 3, 2018February 18, 2020
A file photo of HMS Albion. Photo: Royal Navy
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Despite Beijing’s warnings, UK reasserts role in South China Sea

by Asia Times staff October 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Pointe aux Oies in France where the smugglers picked up their cargo. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, France, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Brits jailed for trying to smuggle Vietnamese from France

by Asia Times staff September 5, 2018February 18, 2020
British military ship. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

UK must rely on allies to project power in Pacific

by Emanuele Scimia August 13, 2018
HMS Sutherland. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

UK between a rock and a hard place in South China Sea

by Emanuele Scimia February 19, 2018
Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson welcome Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera and Foreign Minister Taro Kono at the National Maritime Museum in London, on December 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Andrew Matthews
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

As global power shifts, Japan mulls new alliances and weapons

by Doug Tsuruoka December 22, 2017February 18, 2020
British warship in dock. Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

A struggling Royal Navy to set sail for East Asia in 2018

by Emanuele Scimia December 4, 2017
A worker walks past a section of the 65,000-ton British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, under construction in Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland, on May 24, 2016. Photo: AFP  / Robert Perry
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, France, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Britain’s twists and turns on the South China Sea

by Emanuele Scimia August 1, 2017

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