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Calling out China’s maritime aggression

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By Jennifer Parker* A key step in preventing conflict is acknowledging the risk. Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating’s assertion this week that Senator Penny...

AUKUS and the N-subs a year on

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By Jennifer Parker* It is now 12 months since the release of the ‘optimal pathway’ Australia needed to follow to acquire a force of nuclear-powered...

Smallest RN ships join big exercise

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Four of the smallest vessels in the Royal Navy’s inventory this week take their place in NATO’s biggest exercise in a generation, the Royal...

UK trimming defence as others boost

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The United Kingdom, it appears, has trimmed its defence budget, UK Defence Journal reports. Despite the ongoing war in Europe and rising global tensions, the...

Fiji takes second patrol boat

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Fiji has taken delivery of its second Guardian-class Patrol Boat, the RFNS Puamau, at a handover ceremony at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, Australian Defence...

Japan commissions third Taigei sub

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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the third of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK), which feature better underwater endurance than its...

Trump, AUKUS and values

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By Kim Beazley* If you are leader of an Australian political party, prime minister, defence minister, foreign minister or Ambassador to the US, the opening...

Another US Navy Commanding Officer Relieved

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It was reported on 11 March that Rear Admiral Nicholas Tilbrook, Commander, Submarine Group 9, relieved Captain Kurt Balagna as Commanding Officer of the...

Rear Admiral Guy Griffiths Farewelled

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On 15 March, the funeral of Rear Admiral Guy Griffiths AO DSO DSC RAN (Retired) was held in the Naval Chapel at HMAS Kuttabul. It...

Remembering James Goldrick

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Sailor, scholar, teacher, friend: remembering James Goldrick a year on By Sudarshan Shrikhande* At a juncture in the lives of our two big countries, one a...