Submarines: speak now or forever hold your peace
By Tom Lewis*
From where I sit in Darwin, the greatest Australian defence scandal of the twentieth century was the lack of Spitfires in Darwin...
SIA conference to shed light on submarine projest
By Nicholas Stuart*
Perhaps it's because only a thin band of metal separates a submariner from instant death. Or perhaps it's because unique bonds are...
Submarines: why no nuclear option?
By Peter Jennings*
After the publication of the 2016 defence white paper in February that year, I was approached by a senior politician who had...
Submariners at risk, veteran diver warns
By Anthony ‘Dusty’ Miller*
Last week Defence announced that the Royal Australian Navy’s contract for a new submarine rescue system is on the department’s ‘project of interest’...
SIA conference scores top speaker line-up
Another high-profile speaker has been confirmed for the upcoming 10th Biennial Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) Conference 2020 – Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry,...
The latest on the next US supercarrier
The U.S. Navy’s next Ford-class supercarrier, the John F. Kennedy, will be delivered to the fleet with its full suite of advanced electronics and...
Questions on submarine project answered
By Marcus Hellyer*
There’s a common rule of thumb in militaries known as ‘the rule of threes’: for every three platforms you have, you can deploy...
Australian-Singapore naval co-operation
HMAS Adelaide has provided an at-sea platform for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter crews to requalify in deck landings...
UK Cold War monster destroyer retired
Cold War military history is full of “might-have-beens,” with canceled projects ranging from nuclear-reactor-juggling tracked mecha-robots, to electron guns that would generate invisible radar-absorbing...
Cost advantage of unmanned vessels
With the Pentagon pitching a future naval force design that calls for as many as 240 unmanned and optionally manned ships on the surface...