Drone program quietly axed
The Morrison Government has quietly cancelled Defence’s $1.3bn project to acquire up to 12 armed drones in order to direct funding towards a $10bn...
RAN to get upgrade for Sparrow missiles
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has confirmed the purchase of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 capability for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Defence Magazine...
Way to sink China’s weaponised merchant ships
This month, gCaptain reported the U.S. Air Force demonstrated a lethal new weapon that could provide a low-cost and more widely-available alternative to sinking...
Primer on hypersonic weapons
Probably sparked by the use of hypersonic missiles in the Russian-Ukraine War the US Congressional Research Service has released a primer on these weapons. It...
Fossil fuel as warfare’s weak link
By Lt. Col. Theodore “Doc” Shanks and Alexander Gard-Murray*
While the world witnesses Russia’s senseless and shockingly muddled invasion of Ukraine, military logisticians around the globe are drawing a collective...
Australia should make long-range missiles
By Graeme Dunk*
In a recent article on this forum, Peter Dean argued that a rethink of the Australian Defence Force’s land-based strike requirements is...
Understanding the price of military equipment
By Marcus Hellyer*
Confusion reigns in discussions about the cost of the Department of Defence’s equipment projects. Whether we’re talking about media articles, parliamentary committee hearings,...
New mine and cyber research efforts
Naval Group Belgium inaugurated two new research and development laboratories in Brussels this week, focusing on novel mine countermeasures and cybersecurity, Defense News reports.
Officials...
Backlog in US weapons to Taiwan
Pandemic-related acquisition issues have sparked a backlog in the U.S. delivering $14.2 billion worth of military equipment to Taiwan that the island has purchased...
Tanks for the memories
By Clive Willaims*
Militaries will always be reluctant to give up major prestigious pieces of equipment—even when they are no longer fit for purpose.
Navies were...