Navy Training System Centre – West opens
The RAN’s current and future training capability has been greatly increased thanks to the delivery of a new state-of-the-art facility at HMAS Stirling, Rockingham,...
China and Cambodia conduct naval exercise
The Chinese Ministry of Defence reported that on 27 May Chinese and Cambodian warships and helicopters conducted the joint exercise Golden Dragon 2024 that...
US GAO report on troubled Constellation frigate program
On 29 May the US Government Accountability Officer (GAO) released its 52 page report, Navy Frigate: Unstable Design Has Stalled Construction and Compromised Delivery...
Putting AUKUS in its place: Australia’s submerged Indo-Pacific strategy
The following is the test of the 2024 Vernon Parker Oration by Professor Rory Medcalf AM, Head, National Security College, Australian National University. 15 May,...
Improve understanding of deterrence
Australia needs urgently to improve its understanding of deterrence so that it can build an effective strategy to respond to future provocation and malicious...
US Navy’s new drone squadron
The Navy’s surface community welcomed its newest surface drone squadron to the fleet last week during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego. Unmanned...
After 28 years, Anzac III decommissioned
HMAS Anzac (III) was decommissioned on 18 May at HMAS Stirling in Western Australia after 28 years of service in the Royal Australian Navy...
Obituary: ‘Sharkey’ Ward. Falklands naval pilot
On the morning of May 21, 1982, Lieutenant Commander “Sharkey” Ward was flying his Sea Harrier low over San Carlos Bay as British forces...
UK’s 19 cents-a-pop drone killer
Britain says it has started development of a “cutting edge” Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW) capable of neutralizing drone swarms at just 10...
China’s practice blockade of Taiwan
As China said it was practicing a blockade of Taiwan as “a strong punishment for the separatist acts of ‘Taiwan independence’ forces,” the deputy...