Ships

Austal awarded contract for two more RAN patrol boats

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Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats for the RAN. The A$157 million...

Albion vital to UK standing

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A former Commander of the Falklands Task Group and the former Captain of HMS Fearless have urged the Government not to scrap the Albion...

Hunter-class avoids the axe

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Australia's troubled Hunter-class frigate program has avoided being axed following a sweeping review of the navy's combat surface fleet, with at least six and...

Fixing an under-gunned Navy

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By James Garlick* The navy is under-gunned for the strategic circumstances Australia faces. For years, commentators have criticised its existing and planned platforms for possessing...

ADV Reliant delivers water to Micronesia

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Australian Defence Vessel Reliant delivered 116,000 litres of fresh water to Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. Usually one of the wettest places...

Should hospital ships be armed?

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In 1949, the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces set out...

Ukraine sinks Russian ship

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A big Russian amphibious ship, the Caesar Kunikov, has been sunk off the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Ukraine's armed forces, the BBC...

From Rocks to Tigers: advocating for Japan’s 30FFM frigate acquisition

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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...

Close call for USS Gravely

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A Houthi anti-ship missile got within a nautical mile of the Navy destroyer Gravely on Tuesday, and the warship used its Phalanx Close-In Weapons...

Regional defence deployments resume

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The Australian Defence Force has deployed a Royal Australian Navy warship to conduct the first regional presence deployment for 2024. The Anzac class frigate...