China’s air and maritime response to the recent visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan has received massive media coverage. Much of it has ..
Author: Trevor Hollingsbee
Trevor Hollingsbee was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and Senior Superintendent with the Hong Kong Marine Police. He is Baird Maritime's resident maritime security expert and columnist.
On July 5, a multinational team of investigators struck a long-awaited major blow against an international organised crime network that has been arranging passages for ir ..
Iran’s FARS News Agency recently confirmed that a containership is being converted to a forward base ship for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) at the ..
NavyX, the experimental branch of the UK Royal Navy, has taken delivery of Patrick Blackett, a new experimental vessel (XV), based on a fast crewboat design developed by ..
A popular conception is that international communications nowadays rely mainly upon satellites. This, though, is very far from being the case. There are about 440 underse ..
Analysts assessing the potential threat posed by North Korea have long focused upon the Hermit Kingdom’s vast army. However, recent trial launches of short-range ballis ..
Fixed-wing seaborne air power is a vital component of modern naval operations, as manned carrier-borne combat planes grow ever more sophisticated and potent. They are, th ..
On June 17, China’s latest aircraft carrier, Fujian, was launched at the country’s Jiangnan Shipyard. The new warship will displace about 80,000 tonnes at full lo ..
On May 6, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) intelligence gathering vessel Haiwangxing entered Australia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), then loitered in a ..
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