$45bn Hunter-class blow-out
One of the nation’s biggest and most troubled defence projects – a plan to build a fleet of nine 10,000-tonne frigates in Adelaide –...
Educated guessing of force design
By Dmitry Filipoff
Militaries are left with little choice but to design their forces regardless of how well they understand the details of future warfighting....
US subs’ more public profile
A U.S. nuclear-armed submarine will make a publicly announced visit to South Korea within months, prompting debate about the wisdom of a heightened public...
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...