Broader approach to undersea warfare
By Marcus Hellyer*
The hottest topic in Australia’s defence community right now is how to develop the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine capability. The decision to...
Building overseas best n-sub option
By Marcus Hellyer and Andrew Nicholls*
In our previous post, we considered the likelihood of the US providing Australia with Virginia-class submarines this decade. Doing so would...
40 years of missiles and war at sea
By Steve Wills*
The recent loss of the Russian Navy guided missile cruiser RFS Moskva from a cruise missile strike called forth many comparisons to...
First Evolved Cape-class at home port
By Lieutenant Nancy Cotton
The Navy’s first Evolved Cape-class patrol boat (ECCPB), Australian Defence Vessel Cape Otway, was officially welcomed to its home port of...
Borrow a boat would quickly give Australia nuclear-powered subs
By Tom Lewis*
(This article is written for a general, rather than expert naval, audience)
The path to Australia acquiring nuclear submarines is perhaps being portrayed...
Melting Arctic ice could weaken Russian grip
With climate change rapidly opening up the Arctic to shipping, new trade routes could help reduce the shipping industry’s carbon footprint and also weaken...
Iranian vessels buzz US ships in Hormuz
Three vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy approached patrol coastal ship Sirocco and expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Choctaw County in an...
US admiral to lead AUKUS partnership
The admiral who oversees U.S. attack submarine construction has been appointed to lead the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) partnership that promises to develop a...
High speed and unsinkable
Royal Marine Special Boat Service commandos are testing a new armoured craft capable of 50 knots.
The high-speed, £1million Stormblade, which can carry six commandos,...
Steward occupation in Royal Canadian Navy to be axed
The RCN has announced that the Steward occupation is being eliminated. The announcement was made at a virtual Town Hall held on 13 June,...