Another new Chinese capability
The mainstay of Chinese carrier air wings was seen with a new anti-ship missile potentially capable of striking targets more than 1,000 kilometers away...
Putting the UK back into AUKUS
By David Vallance*
The Royal Navy’s first contribution to Submarine Rotational Force-West (SRF-W) is on its way to the southern hemisphere. HMS Anson will join...
2025 Bateman Prize announced
The ANI is pleased to announce that the 2025 winner of the Sam Bateman Book Prize is Dr Albert Palazzo with his book The...
Iran: US gets into position
By Tom Sharpe*
There is a lot of media reporting right now on potential timelines for US strikes on Iran, including suggestions of action this...
Australia, Philippines and US in maritime cooperation
From 15-16 February the frigate HMAS Toowoomba sailed with Philippine Coast Guard patrol vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua, Philippine Navy frigate BRP Diego Silang and...
Exercise MILAN 2026 underway
The Indian Navy’s Exercise Milan 2026 commenced at Visakhapatnam on 15 February and will run until 25 February. This year’s event is the 13th...
Iran-Russian exercise in Gulf of Oman
On 19 February the Chinese news Agency Xinhua reported that the navies of Iran and Russia conducted exercises in the Gulf of Oman and...
RNZAF surveillance in Pitcairn EEZ
On 18 February it was announced that a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon aircraft has carried out a successful fisheries patrol...
ANI Archives: Darwin’s Floating Dock
From the ANI Archives: Darwin’s Floating Dock
In September 2025 former ANI councillor Nick Tate highlighted that the Captain Cook Graving Dock is Australia’s only...
$3.9bn towards $30bn AUKUS SSN shipyard
The South Australian and federal governments have released plans worth $30 billion for a shipyard in Adelaide that will build at least eight nuclear-powered...