Maritime Security Oceania

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.
Best SAR Boat – Marine Rescue 30
An unidentified Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force submarine (foreground) and the US Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Santa Fe underway
Illegal foreign fishing vessel being burned at sea
A French Navy helicopter hovers near the stern of the seized supply vessel Raider during its seizure. Note the bales containing the confiscated cocaine placed on the deck.
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald launches an SM-3 missile as part of a joint ballistic missile defence exercise, October 25, 2012.
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Two of the apprehended Indonesian fishermen disposing of the seized sea cucumber under the supervision of Australian Border Force personnel, March 3, 2026
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