RNZAF finds sailors after yacht hits whale
On 27 September it was announced that a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft located four sailors from Australian yacht...
The Wargame reveals defence weaknesses
By Tom Sharpe
Last week, Sky aired its new series The Wargame, a TV adaptation of last year’s award-winning podcast of the same name. In...
Co-operative warfare training
The image on the sonar screen in HMAS Sydney’s Combat Information Centre indicated a submarine was below the surface, prompting an immediate reaction.
The operator...
Russia and undersea cable sabotage
By Tom Sharpe*
For most of my naval career I was relaxed about undersea cables. I knew they were there and what they did, and...
Exercise Singaroo 2026
The RAN and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) conducted the 23rd edition of Exercise Singaroo, the bilateral maritime exercise between both navies. It...
Russia pushing the northern route
Four vessels from Russia's Northern Fleet have set out from Kola Bay on a voyage lasting several months through the icy Arctic waters, the...
Japan & Singapore Conduct Exercise Singapan
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) concluded Exercise Singapan, a bilateral naval exercise between the two countries....
PLA Navy’s first women helicopter pilots go to sea
On 16 August Chinese state media video released showed that the Chinese People's Liberation Army - Navy's (PLA-N) first batch of women shipborne pilot...
ADF support for Pacific fisheries action
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has supported Operation Island Chief, a Pacific-led fisheries surveillance activity aimed at strengthening regional security.
The operation, coordinated by the...
Stirling base rotation not unprecedented
By Sean Andrews*
Debate over the development of Submarine Rotational Force–West (SRF-West), is being conducted as though Australia is crossing a threshold by hosting allied...