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China didn’t violate any rules with its live-fire naval exercises. So, why are Australia and NZ so worried?
China didn’t violate any rules with its live-fire naval exercises. So, why are Australia and NZ so worried?

Published on Feb 25, 2025 11:21 AM IST
PTI |
US sees Taiwan challenge from China: Will QUAD under Trump, PM Modi stand up?
The first bilateral meeting of the Trump administration was with India after PM's special envoy Jaishankar was accorded top protocol at the Trump inaugural.

Updated on Jan 24, 2025 06:27 PM IST
Taiwan says Chinese aircraft, vessels operated around its territory
Taiwan's ministry of national defence reported the operation of eight Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels on Tuesday.

Updated on Dec 26, 2024 09:04 AM IST
ANI |
Chinese spy ship to reach Male, Indian Navy keeps a watch
Maldivian President is continuing with his anti-India campaign for a win at Majlis election in April.

Updated on Feb 08, 2024 08:04 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
55 Chinese sailors dead after vessel stuck in its own ‘trap’: Report
A leaked intelligence report said captain of Chinese Navy's vessel and 21 other officers were among those dead.

Published on Oct 04, 2023 03:09 PM IST
Taiwan reveals its first homegrown submarine in defence milestone
Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has made the indigenous submarine program a key part of an ambitious project to modernise its armed forces.

Published on Sep 28, 2023 11:45 AM IST
Reuters |
China never provided tenable explanation for 2020 border actions: Jaishankar
Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Jaishankar offered perhaps the most elaborate explanation in recent times of India’s border crisis with China

Published on Sep 27, 2023 08:43 AM IST
India extends its sea legs to Oman and Mauritius to monitor Indian Ocean Region
With its allies Oman and Mauritius, India got Port Duqm and Agalega Islands to get better maritime domain awareness and coastal security for Port Louis.

Published on Sep 22, 2023 05:48 AM IST
Navy deploys aircraft to rescue 39 on Chinese ship that sank; two bodies found
China sought help from several multiple countries, including India, for the rescue operation of the capsized vessel in the Indian Ocean.

Updated on May 18, 2023 08:50 PM IST
China sends aircraft carrier, 8 warships to seas near Japan
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force dispatched the Izumo, a helicopter carrier, as well as P-1 maritime patrol aircraft and P-3C anti-submarine aircraft to monitor the passage of the Chinese vessels.

Updated on May 04, 2022 12:00 AM IST
China media ridicules US F-35 accident with PLA naval aviation still to take-off
Landing a fighter on a 500 feet deck of a moving, pitching and rolling aircraft carrier is the most complex of flight operations. With only 10 years of naval aviation under its belt, China has a lot to learn from US Navy and Indian Navy.

Published on Jan 29, 2022 11:22 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Navy seeks amendment to 30-year submarine plan, wants six nuclear boats
In the backdrop of rapidly expanding Chinese Navy, the Indian Navy wants six SSNs to replace diesel powered conventional attack submarines as Indo-Pacific has emerged as the new theatre.

Published on May 18, 2021 08:45 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Navy to get aircraft carrier Vikrant, missile destroyer Visakhapatnam in 2021
While the Chinese Navy has commissioned three main battleships last Saturday at Sanya in Hainan naval facility in disputed South China Sea, the Cochin shipyard will start final trials of INS Vikrant as precursor of handing over the carrier to the Indian Navy.

Published on Apr 27, 2021 10:25 AM IST
Shishir Gupta, New Delhi
In a first, China, Pak navies deploy submarines in strategic Arabian Sea drills
The Arabian Sea region is strategically important for India as major ports including Kandla, Okha , Mumbai, Nhava Sheva (Navi Mumbai), Mormugão, New Mangalore, and Kochi are located there.

Updated on Jan 08, 2020 06:52 PM IST
Beijing |
Press Trust of India
Chinese warships in Indian Ocean spotted by surveillance network
More than 100 warships of different countries pass through the region at any given time. The Chinese warships were in international waters, also called “global commons.”

Updated on Sep 17, 2019 01:23 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Chinese navy launches two new guided missile destroyers: Report
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) last month celebrated its 70th anniversary in which Indian naval ships, including the indigenously developed missile destroyer, INS Kolkata along with tanker INS Shakti took part in the fleet review held at Qingdao.

Updated on May 13, 2019 01:32 PM IST
Beijing |
Press Trust of India
China silent on Pak’s navy parade absence, clubs New Delhi ties with Islamabad
China’s defence ministry on Thursday remained silent on the reason behind the absence of any Pakistani warship at this week’s high-profile maritime parade to mark Chinese navy’s 70th anniversary.

Updated on Apr 25, 2019 07:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing |
Sutirtho Patranobis
80 new warships in 5 years: Indian Navy’s concern at China’s growing marine reach
The Chinese Navy added 80 warships in last five years and is “a force which is here to stay”, Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba said during a session on Indo-Pacific at Raisina Dialogue.

Published on Jan 09, 2019 11:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Aussie PM says country will sail in South China Sea after ‘Chinese face-off’
The Chinese “challenged” two Australian frigates and an oil replenishment ship this month as the Australian ships were sailing to Vietnam, Australian media reported, citing defence officials.

Updated on Apr 20, 2018 12:32 PM IST
Associated Press, Canberra | HT Correspondent
China stages maritime exercise in South China Sea as US nuclear carrier sails by
The large-scale exercise in the South China Sea reflected China’s growing maritime might as its naval drills reach across seas, including the Indian Ocean.

Updated on Apr 12, 2018 05:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Beijing | , Beijing
Sutirtho Patranobis