Maritime Security Oceania

Christening ceremony of the US Navy Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship USNS Solomon Atkinson at Austal USA's shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, May 2, 2026
The final Guardian-class patrol boat to be built by Austal. The vessel will be operated by the Maldivian Coast Guard.
Christening and commissioning ceremony of the Speartooth large UUV slated for the US military, May 1, 2026
The US Navy Virginia-class attack submarine USS Idaho at her commissioning ceremony, April 25, 2026
The People's Liberation Army Navy Type 055D destroyers Dongguan (nearest to camera) and Anqing. Both ships entered service in March 2026.
Rendering of an SSN AUKUS submarine
USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship still afloat, sails past the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Massachusetts during the latter's commissioning in Boston, March 28, 2026.
Port of Brisbane, Australia
The US Coast Guard heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star is seen moored ahead of deploying for Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Seattle, November 20, 2025.
Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, right, transits with Philippine navy ships BRP Tarlac, left, and BRP Jose Rizal during a replenishment-at-sea rehearsal for Balikatan 23, April 15, 2023 in the Philippines territorial waters
Discovery 2 (photo date unknown)
The Australian Federal Police patrol boat AFP10
The seized sea cucumber
A Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft
Launch of the future JS Nagara, a Mogami-class stealth frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force
Ghost Shark autonomous submarine
The suspected illegal fishing boats near Trochus Island, March 7, 2026
Fiji Princess
The Australian Federal Police patrol boat AFP10
The US Navy Virginia-class attack submarine USS North Carolina enters Dry Dock 1 at Pearl Harbor for its depot modernisation period.
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