French seizes shadow fleet tanker
The French Navy boarded and diverted a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean off Sicily. In a social media post, French President...
Mapping the Australian seabed
By Timothy Stevens*
In early 2025, a Chinese naval task group conducted a full circumnavigation of Australia. Ships were tracked, movements observed and conclusions quickly...
AI unmasking shadow fleets
As space becomes a hotspot of modern war and global attention remains focused on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, artificial intelligence is now...
Russian battlecruiser back after 27 years
The refurbished Soviet-era giant Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered battlecruiser has returned to Severomorsk for first time in 27 years, the Barents Observer reports.
The refurbished Soviet-era...
Singapore’s carbon-fibre ship feat
A Singapore shipyard has built the largest composite structure ever assembled for a vessel in the country’s history, and it is destined for a...
Plan for missile silos on uncrewed vessels
The Ministry of Defence is asking industry for missile silos capable of operating aboard uncrewed vessels and remaining ready to fire for at least...
12 UK SSN-AUKUS subs confirmed
The Defence Investment Plan commits the UK to building up to twelve next-generation SSN-AUKUS attack submarines, the same boats Australia will build, with steel...
RN’s controversial new vision
By Tom Sharpe*
The Royal Navy has developed a bold and controversial vision for its future fleet.
Our troubled but finally effective Type 45 destroyers will...
How Australia’s nuclear submarines will fit
By Malcolm Davis*
There’s a saying about submarine warfare: ‘there are two types of naval vessels – submarines and targets.’ Nuclear-powered submarines, SSNs, are the...
UK’s Defence Investment Plan Released
The UK Government’s long-awaited Defence Investment Plan was released at the end of June. The Executive Summary of the document states:
“The Defence Investment Plan...