Maritime Security Oceania

Austal's Australian facilities, Western Australia
Keel authentication ceremony for the future Heritage-class offshore patrol cutter USCGC Pickering at Austal USA's Alabama facilities, December 8, 2025
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The patrol boat ABFC Cape York underway in support of Operation Lunar, the Australian Border Force's anti-illegal fishing campaign
Artist's impression of a Sea Archer USV
Spirit of Tasmania I
Launch of the future JS Nagara, a Mogami-class stealth frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force
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The seized container laden with cocaine
Ocean Infinity resumes search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 off Western Australia
A Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and the Royal Navy survey vessel HMS Echo somewhere in the Indian Ocean during the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, April 12, 2014
Rendering of Master Boat Builders' proposed defence and government shipbuilding facility in Coden, Alabama
The drifting boat as seen from the Challenger aircraft, December 1, 2025
The New Zealand Defense Force conducting fleet maneuvers in the Hauraki Gulf in 2010, including the HMNZS (Protector-class offshore patrol vessels) Otago (foreground), Wellington, Pukaki, Rotoiti, Hawea, Taupo, and Manawanui.
NSW Police arrests climate extremists dangerously protesting off Newcastle
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From left, the Indian Navy’s INS Sahyadri, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s JS Hyuga, the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Ballarat and the United States Navy’s USS Fitzgerald sail in company off the coast of Guam during Exercise Malabar.
Bales of cocaine found floating in the ocean off Western Australia. These bales formed part of a total shipment of 525 kg that four people had attempted to smuggle into Australia in early November 2025.
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