Military Deployment News and Analysis

Our latest reporting on deployments, force posture and exercises, alongside the newest records added to the database.


Newest records in the database

  1. Confirmed active Malabar 2026 military exercise · Japan → Japan
  2. Confirmed active Fujian (18): South China Sea, southeast of Hainan (as of Nov. 2 satellite imagery) · China → South China Sea
  3. Confirmed active Liaoning (16): Philippine Sea (east of Luzon / east of Taiwan), as of early November · China → Philippine Sea
  4. Confirmed active HMS Prince of Wales (R09): High North / Norwegian waters; heading to Oslo for Atlantic Future Forum Nov. 11–12 · United Kingdom → Norwegian Sea
  5. Confirmed active USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69): Atlantic Ocean, after leaving Norfolk, Va., Nov. 4 · United States → North Atlantic
  6. Confirmed active Japan: Japan Joint Staff surveillance of Chinese ships · Japan → Miyako Strait
  7. Withdrawn Uganda: UPDF bilateral and AUSSOM troops (AUSSOM allocation 4,500) · Uganda → Somalia
  8. Confirmed active Tiger Triumph 2026 military exercise · United States → India
  9. Confirmed active USS Boxer (LHD-4): Indian Ocean · United States → Indian Ocean
  10. Confirmed active USS Nimitz (CVN-68): Western Atlantic, after leaving Norfolk, Va., Oct. 27 · United States → North Atlantic
  11. Confirmed active USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71): South China Sea (after Keen Sword 27) · United States → South China Sea
  12. Confirmed active USS George Washington (CVN-73): Arabian Sea · United States → Arabian Sea
  13. Confirmed active USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77): Arabian Sea · United States → Arabian Sea
  14. Announced or pending El Salvador: special forces and soldiers on a rescue operation · El Salvador → Haiti
  15. Confirmed active Algeria: National People’s Army units to Niger · Algeria → Niger

Latest military deployment news

Public information only, linked to its source. Estimates and claims are labeled, and locations are given at country or sea-area level. See the full deployments directory or the Military Deployments Tracker.

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