Mogami USV: Fast-Tracking RAN Mine Warfare
By Matthew Bell*
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is undergoing a significant transformation of its surface fleet, making rapid capability delivery essential. While much attention...
America’s logistic vulnerability
By Eyck Freymann and Harry Halem*
In any conflict with China, America’s most critical vulnerability wouldn’t be its destroyers, stealth bombers, or submarines. It would...
CN stresses importance of undersea cables
The Australian island continent depends heavily on data and communications made possible by undersea cables, but Australia lacks the law, policy and capability to...
Logistics can be decisive in conflict
The U.S. military faces a critical vulnerability that could determine the outcome of any future conflict in the Indo-Pacific. While Force Design and joint...
Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator
On 1 November the Commonwealth Government announced it has delivered a key milestone in Australia’s conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine program with the establishment of the...
S Korea’s nuclear submarine deal with US
By Euan Graham*
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has pulled off a diplomatic coup by persuading US President Donald Trump not only to assist...
The flaws in GDP defence measure
By Nick Tate*
The good thing about the share of GDP as a measure of defence spending is that it’s simple and comparable. The bad...
Full steam ahead with Trump
President Donald Trump told Navy sailors that he intends to sign an executive order directing the service to use steam for its aircraft carrier’s...
Putin’s new tiny underwater nuclear drone
One week after Russia test-flew the nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile for 15 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the nuclear-powered underwater drone Poseidon has...
AUKUS ambiguities should be dealt with
By Euan Graham*
Nervous AUKUS-watchers in Australia probably felt a mix of emotions when the defence technologies initiative was raised in public during Prime Minister...