Former RN boss sacked
Sir Ben Key, the former head of the Royal Navy, will lose his rank but keep his pension, according to the MOD. The service...
International action needed for nation lost at sea
By Sheridan Ward*
What happens when a country ceases to exist? Where do its people go, who no longer have a citizenship to protect them?...
Defence Minister addresses Defending Australia 2025
"China's conventional military build-up is the most significant military build-up that we have seen – conventional military build-up – that we have seen since...
ANI at 50: Command & Leadership
Unlike the US Naval Institute Proceedings there are remarkably few articles in the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute on command and leadership. One...
Time to reinvigorate failing Pillar II
By Peter J. Dean and Alice Nason*
Almost four years on from the launch of the trilateral AUKUS pact, the partners’ Pillar II advanced capabilities...
Maldives to receive patrol boat from Australia
On 2 June 2025 Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles and Maldives Minister of Defence, Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, announced Australia...
Adding fuel to unnecessary dependency
Australia's Strategic Vulnerability at Sea Cannot be Ignored by the re-elected Government
By Desmond Woods*
"When this problem could have been solved it was ignored. Now...
The education of Chinese naval personnel
By Ryan D. Martinson*
Most analyses of Pacific scenarios have focused on the quantities and capabilities of the platforms that the PLAN might employ to...
New First Sea Lord appointed
On 27 May General Sir Gwyn Jenkins became the First Sea Lord at a ceremony in HMS Victory’s Great Cabin, in Portsmouth. He was...
Not enough Australian content in Defence contracts: Audit
The national audit office has found Defence has failed to maximise Australian industry participation in its vast procurement program and its arrangements to achieve...