Looming threat of sea mines
By Greg Mapson
In mid-2018, the Chinese navy conducted one of the largest mine warfare exercises in living memory, involving some 60 minelayers and minesweepers, aircraft and...
Covid-19 RN choppers as air ambulances
Royal Navy helicopters are to be used as air ambulances for the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic, Forces Net reports.
Three Merlin Mk2 helicopters from RNAS Culdrose...
Names announced for five OPVs
During the ceremonial keel laying for the second Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide, Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Michael...
Chile to get Australian frigates
By Juan Pablo Toro, Executive Director, AthenaLab
Beyond the obvious importance of the acquisition of two Australian frigates by the Chilean Navy, a more strategic...
Arunta fires first Sparrow missile
Following a 20-month upgrade, Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Arunta has fired its first Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) off the coast of Western Australia, Navy Daily reports.
The ESSM...
NUSHIP Sydney arrives in Sydney
Sydney residents had a first glimpse of their city’s namesake ship with the arrival of NUSHIP Sydney at Garden Island, Navy Daily reports.
The last of the three Hobart...
Search for lost Australian WWII destroyer to begin
One of the remaining maritime mysteries of World War II may soon be solved, thanks to a joint operation between the Royal Australian Navy...
Subs deal ‘shows Australia’s defence overspend’
By Crispin Hull*
WE ASKED the wrong question. We asked: should we get the French, the Germans or the Japanese to help us build new submarines? The fourth option and fifth options were not canvassed – for short-term political reasons. The fourth and fifth options were: why build any submarines at all, and if we must have some submarines why not build nuclear-powered submarines with US help.