US first in at-sea weapons resupply
The US Navy resupplied a warship’s weapons at sea for the first time last week – providing what Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro called...
New French carrier on agenda
France’s defense budget next year includes orders for a next-generation aircraft carrier to replace the Charles de Gaulle as well as a new frigate,...
US strikes back on Youthis
The U.S. military struck five bunkers housing weapons for the Houthis in Yemen on Wednesday, the largest strike on the militia group in months,...
New defence precinct at Henderson
The Commonwealth Government will establish a consolidated Commonwealth-owned Defence Precinct at Western Australia’s Henderson shipyard to underpin tens of billions of dollars of investment...
Congressional Report on AUKUS Pillar 1
On 10 October the US Congressional Research Service released a 109-page report titled Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine (Pillar 1) Project: Background...
Chinese and Russian naval exercise
On 18 October the People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) announced that Chinese and Russian participating naval task groups completed Northern/Interaction-2024 exercise and arrived at Qingdao...
Update on HMNZS Manawanui incident
The salvage and related operations by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has been designated Operation Resolution. It is led by the Senior National...
Lessons from loss of HMNZS Manawanui
By Jennifer Parker*
It is rare for a developed nation’s navy to lose a big vessel in peacetime. The sinking of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s...
China’s latest threat: commercial vessels
By Selwyn Parker*
In a belated recognition that China has cornered the construction of ocean-going commercial vessels, those ships crucial to secure sea-borne supply chains,...
Russians d-icing with catastrophe
Winter is quickly approaching in the Arctic and large parts of the far northern shipping route that connects the Pacific with the North Atlantic...