The Wargame reveals defence weaknesses
By Tom Sharpe
Last week, Sky aired its new series The Wargame, a TV adaptation of last year’s award-winning podcast of the same name. In...
UK’s Vanguard-class subs over-stretched
Four boats is the minimum the Royal Navy’s nuclear deterrence mission allows: one on patrol, one working up or returning, one in short maintenance,...
Putin’s yacht moved to the Pacific
Russian President Vladimir Putin's luxury yacht, Kosatka, has been transferred to the Pacific via the Northern Sea Route, accompanied by the notorious salvage ship...
UK tests anti-sub technology
A British maritime technology company is testing a distributed anti-submarine surveillance network made up of six small robotic sailboats at the multinational REPMUS26 exercise...
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...