Reflections on defence industry and nation’s skills
By Brendan Nicholson*
Christopher Pyne remembers well his dismay at the closure of the car industry in South Australia and his fear that it would...
ASEAN and EU’s maritime strategies
By Rahul Mishra and Li Yan*
The emergence of the Indo-Pacific concept shows the cardinal role oceans play in shaping international politics. While synergies are created...
How many nuclear submarines are needed?
By Peter Briggs*
The September 2021 announcement of Australia’s transition to nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) under the AUKUS program indicated that ‘at least eight’ would...
Philippines to track ‘dark’ Chinese vessels
The confrontation between the Philippines and China is getting dangerous at every turn. The Philippines will use Canadian satellites to detect and track Chinese...
US to send seized Iranian weapons for Ukraine
More than one million Iranian rounds of munitions that were seized by the U.S. military late last year have been sent to Ukraine to...
HMAS Hobart refresh work completed
HMAS Hobart, affectionately known as ‘the green ghost’ – and already eight years old! – recently received a much-needed refresh inside and out, contactairlandandsea...
Review: shrink Hunter, add destroyers
The navy would receive a major firepower boost through the addition of three heavily armed air warfare destroyers under a plan being considered by...
UK commits $7.7b to SNN-AUKUS
The British Government has committed nearly £4 billion, or $A7.7 billion, to the next phase in the development of nuclear-powered submarines as part of...
55 Chinese sailors die in their own trap
As many as 55 Chinese sailors are feared dead after a nuclear-powered submarine caught itself in a ‘chain and anchor’ trap in the Yellow...
$528m ship too big to go under Hobart bridge
The Australian government should have listened to warnings from as early as 2018 that its $528m icebreaking research ship was too big to safely...