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...
From the ANI Archives: Relevance of Strategists
One of the perennial questions for naval officers and policy makers is how relevant are the teachings of the classic naval strategists to the...
French Navy seizes Russian tanker
The French Navy seized sanctioned tanker MT Tagor on 31 May while it operated in the Atlantic, marking the service’s fourth shadow fleet seizure...
Drone boat rescues two crew
The United States Navy has used a drone boat in a maritime rescue mission for the first time. The remotely piloted 7.3-metre Saronic Corsair...
All five UK Astute N-subs in dock
With the Chief of Defence staff warning that the UK is in "the most dangerous period" in decades, reports that all five of the...
AUKUS goes for uncrewed capability
By Malcolm Davis and Justin Bassi
With the ‘signature project’ on payloads for uncrewed undersea vehicles (UUVs) announced by Australia, Britain and the United States on...
Preparing the Henderson shipyard
The Australian Government has appointed engineering consulting firm AECOM Australia to undertake site characterisation studies of the site, waters and surrounding environment at Henderson,...