The Australian Defence Force has been goaded into releasing details of an incident in which a Chinese warship hit a Royal Australian Air Force patrol aircraft with a powerful laser. China has claimed its warship …
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Sea state The US Navy says one of its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was hit by a laser fired from a Chinese destroyer in international waters about 610 kilometres west of Guam. The US …
Sea state Chinese media have reported that the People’s Liberation Army Navy is testing a tactical laser system similar to the US Navy’s laser weapon system. They say that the weapon will be deployed on …
Sea state The Royal Australian Navy has deployed to Sri Lanka to begin the first set of activities under Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019. HMA Ships Canberra, Success, Newcastle and Parramatta will train with the Sri Lankan …
Sea State The South China Sea’s about to get more crowded, with the Russia–China naval exercise—fittingly named Joint Sea 2016—scheduled for 11–19 September. Russia has sent a task force of anti-submarine warfare destroyers, support ships …