Sharpest minds to the submarine task
By Brendan Nicholson*
A multi-disciplinary taskforce is recruiting ‘Australia’s sharpest minds’ to tackle the herculean task of providing the Royal Australian Navy with eight nuclear-powered...
A stronger Navy faster
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has released a new report 'Building a stronger Navy, faster', which recommends a path forward to address the growing...
A project-delivery problem with a strategic fix
By ‘Sebastian’*
The sudden announcement of AUKUS and the plan for Australia to have nuclear submarines is at its heart a means to provide a...
Australia needs nuclear submarines now, not later
By Tom Lewis*
In the debate which has ensued since the federal government decided not to continue with the French submarine contract, it has become...
Latest iteration of Operation Solania
HMAS Wollongong has worked with HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap to conduct maritime surveillance in the Exclusive Economic Zone of PNG during the recent two-week Operation Solania.
Operation Solania is the...
Carrier Strike Group cheered in India
The UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG21) has bid farewell to India after completing the joint phase of Konkan Shakti 21 exercise, Forces Net reports.
A...
N-sub HMS Astute in WA
The Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) Astute is conducting a port call to Perth (Western Australia). The visit, a first for an Astute-class submarine,...
Mature design most like for N-subs
The navy is "very unlikely" to select a hybrid nuclear submarine design that combines both British and American technology, as it looks to replace...
Mine hunters put to the test
The Port of Fremantle and its Indian Ocean accesses have been blocked by an adversary’s offensive mining tactics. This is the scenario Exercise Dugong 2021...
RAN-Indon fisheries patrol
HMAS Ararat recently completed Ausindo Corpat 2021, a five-day coordinated patrol with Indonesian Navy vessels KRI Sura and Kerapu along the shared maritime border, the...