UK Defence Chief’s warning on funding
The UK Chief of the Defence Staff has said the Armed Forces will have to dial back operations and exercises if they don't get...
How long can Australia last without ships
By Steven Camilleri*
Australia’s prosperity runs on systems that look permanent but depend on inputs arriving from beyond its shores. While the ships keep coming,...
RN operational readiness lost
The Royal Navy is facing multiple operational readiness issues, which are impacting capability across what remains of a fleet much reduced in size, The...
UK Defence and Armed Services Ministers resign
Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns have resigned from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's government.
In a letter to the prime...
Comment on UK ministerial resignations
By Desmond Woods
Decades of failure to invest and plan for comprehensive UK defence procurement and rearmament lie behind this decision by Healey, as well...
Biography of Tobruk Ferry Run commander launched
On 10 June the biography of Vice Admiral Sir Albert Poland KBE CB DSO DSC was launched at the International Institute of Strategic Studies...
Naval appointments
The following have been announced this week by the CDF:
Head Navy Capability. Rear Admiral Andrew Quinn RAN, has been selected for this position, to...
CDF conferred top Singaporean military award
On 7 May Australia’s Chief of the Defence Force Admiral David Johnston was conferred Singapore's highest military award, the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera)...
US Navy League medal for Australian
In a testament to the enduring strength of the Australia-United States maritime alliance, Commodore David Frost, the Australian Naval Attaché to Washington, has been...
The wrong ships for the wrong job
The United States is not winning the Iran war. It is not going to win it. I have been making that argument since the...