Value in Chinese ship visits
By James Laurenceson and Xi Chen*
Chinese ship visits to Australia don’t always generate alarm and controversy. Last month, Hobart hosted the arrival of Chinese...
US’s huge shipbuilding task
By Selwyn Parker*
If Donald Trump hopes that looming port penalties on Chinese-built and/or owned ships will have the desired effect of reviving America’s ailing...
Canada’s sub replacement problem
Canada, has the most extensive coastline in the world, with some 151,000 miles. And in an ever-changing political landscape, the country is woefully short...
Marines trialing USVs in Indo-Pacific
The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed unmanned surface vessels (USV) to Japan as part of a larger push to bring unmanned logistics systems to...
A RAN first in nuclear training
The first enlisted Australian sailors that could eventually crew American and Australian nuclear attack submarines graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power Training Unit,...
Value of UK’s strike force into Indo-Pacific
On 22nd April, the HMS Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to join the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 2025 (CSG2025) – named Operation HIGHMAST...
JMSDF begins Indo-Pacific deployment 2025
On 21 April units of the JMSDF sailed from Japan to conduct Indo-Pacific Deployment 2025 (IPD25). The deployment’s objectives are to improve the JMSDF...
Operation Sea Spirit
Operation Sea Spirit by Pakistan-led CTF 151 commenced on 21 April. The operation’s aim is to combat maritime piracy and armed robbery off the...
Defence: No Higher Priority
Three of Australia's top strategic and defence analysts in conjunction with the Institute of Public Affairs have – in these times of global turmoil...
US and Australian navy leaders on USS Montana
The Director of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Adm. Bill Houston, who completed his Submarine Command Course training on Collins-class submarine HMAS Rankin...