Modern sea control: episodic and local
By Sean Andrews*
A new combination of surveillance, drones and precision strike is eroding the old assumption that navies could generate sea control through superior...
Australia’s corridor security test
The disruption of Gulf and Red Sea routes is remaking the geography of energy and trade. Australia’s exposure is transmitted through Asian refineries, export...
Exercise IBSAMAR IX underway
The India-Brazil-South Africa Maritime Exercise IBSAMAR IX is underway off South African waters. The South African Navy (SAN) hosted a media briefing aboard the...
Singapore and Brunei conclude Exercise Pelican 2026
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) have concluded the 44th edition of Exercise Pelican – the flagship bilateral...
From the ANI Archives: The Australasian Naval Forces
One of the least know entities in Australia’s naval past is the Australasian Naval Forces or ANF. In 20111 long-time ANI member, Commander Greg...
Britain leads biggest NATO undersea effort since Cold War
Britain is the lead nation for a NATO programme to bind frigates, uncrewed underwater vehicles, surface relay nodes and satellite links into a single...
China’s detection-from-space system
A new study traces how satellites launched for science, mapping and broadband are being wired into one network that can find, identify and track...
France tests sub-launched missile
France conducted the first at-sea firing of its latest submarine-launched ballistic missile on Tuesday, US Naval Institute News reports.
The French Navy’s nuclear powered...
Australia joins Bersama Lima exercise
Australia has joined Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom for Exercise Bersama Lima 2026, Australian Defence Magazine reports.
Hosted by Singapore, Bersama Lima...
The cost of long deployments
A day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a speech from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, congratulating the crew on...