Staring down China with AI
Record surges of Chinese warplanes over the Taiwan Strait. Quasi-civilian Maritime Militia vessels, over a hundred of them, “swarming” in Philippine waters. The Chinese...
From Rocks to Tigers: advocating for Japan’s 30FFM frigate acquisition
By CMDR Paul D Pelczar, RAN
Since the release of last year's Defence Strategic Review, discussions regarding the composition of the current and future Royal...
US Navy’s modernisation plans
The following is Breaking Defense's report on its exclusive access to the Foundry, the US Navy's office developing its Integrated Combat System, vital for...
Naval ballistic missile defence report
In the context of the Red Sea attacks, on 6 February the US Congressional Research Service issued a timely 35 page report titled Navy...
HMAS Warramunga in multi-national South China Sea transit
On 9 February it was reported that the frigate HMAS Warramunga conducted a multilateral transit through the South China Sea with US and Japanese...
Japanese whale subs to hunt Chinese vessels
In October, Kawasaki Heavy Industries launched Japan’s newest submarine in a ceremony at its shipyard in Kobe, Japan, Business Insider reports. Named, JS Raigei...
37 RAN sailors head for Guam N-sub training
Australia is getting serious about nuclear submarine maintenance as 37 sailors head to Guam to train aboard the sub tender USS Emory S. Land,...
AUKUS submarines: cutting risk, costs and time
By Peter Briggs*
In a recent article for The Strategist I painted a depressing picture of the UK’s submarine capability—a force undercapitalised, with inadequate facilities,...
Doubts about AUKUS Pillar I
By Matthew C. Mai*
The AUKUS security pact is an ambitious undertaking. The sale of three to five Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) to Australia...
Unmanned systems key to RAN’s future
Numerous forward deployed, unmanned, underwater systems “might be the poor man’s version of the nuclear deterrent,” the director general of warfare innovation for the...