Taiwan boosts missile capability
Taiwan's coast guard demonstrated its ability to use its coastal patrol vessels to launch locally-built antiship missiles, adding additional heft to its defensive capabilities,...
S. Korea maps N-subs role
As South Korea moves ahead with plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines, the debate is shifting from whether the country needs them to where and...
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...
AUKUS first in undersea warfare
The U.S. and U.K. test launched a torpedo from a Royal Navy extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle earlier this month as a proof of concept...
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...
The AUKUS sovereignty conundrum
By Michael Hickey and James Fitzgerald*
Australia must exploit ambiguity in its sovereignty narrative to enable AUKUS. The Garrett Enquiry is energising the Australian public...
First AUKUS steel set for 2027
The Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2026 Update to Parliament published this week confirms that steel will be cut on the first RN SSN-AUKUS submarine in...
Deterring before SNN AUKUS class arrives
By Malcolm Edgar*
Australia’s declared strategy of denial needs to become effective long before the powerful new nuclear submarines become meaningfully effective in the 2040s.
This...
Russia’s new black-hole submarine
The Project 667 Lada (Lada-class) submarines were originally intended to replace the older Project 636 (Kilo-class) ships. The idea was to create a new...
US should target Chinese carriers
China is devoting enormous efforts — from submarines to ballistic missiles — to destroy America’s aircraft carriers. The strategy prompted a U.S. think tank...