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...
‘Blank cheque for secretive AUKUS’
By Dave Sweeney*
This article is republished from Independent Australia under a Creative Commons licence. Read the original article.
Five years ago, the Australian political landscape...
Exercise Singaroo 2026
The RAN and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) conducted the 23rd edition of Exercise Singaroo, the bilateral maritime exercise between both navies. It...
Largest ADF in 25 years
On 15 September it was announced that in the 2025-26 financial year, the ADF grew to its largest size in a quarter of a...
US funding Subic Bay shipyard repair expansion
By Aaron-Matthew Lariosa*
Washington is funding a project that will expand the maintenance and repair capability of a shipyard in the Philippines frequently used by...
US subs in WA ‘could have nuclear weapons’
US submarines that rotate through Western Australia under the AUKUS pact could be carrying nuclear weapons and Australia should welcome that, according to a...
Japan closer to nuclear submarines
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday reiterated that Japan is not ruling out acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, days after a U.S. Navy official offered...