Shipyards and shortages hindering US Navy
The U.S. Navy, the bulwark in a potential armed conflict with China, suffers from failures in mission readiness that include maintenance backlogs, decaying shipyards...
Israel’s new autonomous submarine
On 05 May 2023, Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled a large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) called BlueWhale, which is described as an unmanned submarine...
UK’s new ocean-surveillance vessel
The UK has unveiled its new Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance vessel, RFA Proteus, during a visit by senior NATO leaders to Faslane, home of the...
Sudan episode reveals Marines’ weakness
Hundreds of Americans trapped in war-torn Sudan last month needed a way out of the country, but the U.S. Marine Corps, the go-to service...
Obituary: Allan Gyngell
By John McCarthy*
Perhaps now, more than ever, is the time when Australia needs outstanding foreign policy thinkers. It has lost one of its best...
Sustaining China’s naval operations
The Chinese navy’s ability to project power into distant waters like the Indian Ocean or the Persian Gulf is constrained by its at-sea replenishment...
ANI Podcast. DSR: Implications for the Maritime Domain
In episode 3 of the second ANI podcast series of the Saltwater Strategists, ANI Councillor Jen Parker speaks with Dr Bec Strating, a Senior...
Uncrewed vessels and the law
By Natalie Klein*
Maritime Autonomous Vehicles (MAVs) have fast become an essential component of the modern maritime security scene and may operate underwater, on the...
$180m for anti-ship missile defence
The Albanese Government has committed $180 million over the next 5 years to modernise the anti-ship missile defence capabilities on Royal Australian Navy ships,...
Indian Navy’s newest destroyer begins sea trials
The third of the India’s Visakhapatnam-class destroyers, theImphal has commenced sea trials. This class is designed by the Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and constructed...