China denies N-missile test
China has denied reports that it tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile earlier this year, insisting instead that it was a routine spacecraft check, the...
No nuclear weapons: defence chiefs
The following is a statement from the Secretary of the Department of Defence, Greg Moriarty, and the Chief of the Defence Force, Angus Campbell.
Today, Prime...
US Navy launches Mid-East drone taskforce
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet said Wednesday it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years...
China ramping up missile silos
By Ron Huisken*
Earlier this year, freelance analysts in the United States confirmed vague Pentagon speculation since around 2018 that China intended to expand its...
US divers preparing for future wars
A port of vital interest to the U.S. military is bombed and destroyed in a future great-power battle, with sunken ships and piers in...
Military behind in maritime drone use
By Brandon Wall and Nicholas Ayrton*
As times change, they demand that military doctrine and strategy change with it. Key to this is ensuring that...
Threat of uninhabited underwater vehicles
By Andro Mathewson*
In late May 2021, the Israeli armed forces destroyed an armed underwater uninhabited vehicle (UUV)1 operated by the terrorist group Hamas. This...
A way to successful sonar AI
By LT Andrew Pfau*
Even as the private sector and academia have made rapid progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning...
Technology and fleet architecture
By J. Noel Williams*
“The fundamental error in a debate over robotic development is to think that we have a choice. This world is coming,...
US’s successful ICBM test
Airmen of Air Force Global Strike Command launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test re-entry vehicle from Vandenberg Space...