AUKUS sales pitch falls short
Dr Albert Palazzo*
Luke Gosling’s recent Lowy Institute Analysis, “Deterring at a distance: The strategic logic of AUKUS”, marks the first time a member of the...
US seeking new naval strike weapon
The US Navy is seeking early industry input on a new medium-range maritime strike weapon system that can be fired across warfare domains and...
How RNZN is coping with big EEZ task
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is required to monitor this vast EEZ, which is even larger when the maritime territories of the Cook...
US Navy force structure and shipbuilding plans
On 18 July the US Congressional Research Service released a 58 page report titled Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for...
US-Japan-Republic of Korea trilateral chiefs of defence meeting
On 18 July a meeting of the Defence Chiefs of the US, Republic of Korea and Japan was held in Tokyo. They are Chairman...
New Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force chief
On 19 July Admiral Saito Akira was appointed Chief of Staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF). He relieved Admiral Sakai Ryo who resigned following...
Singapore Navy and Air Force respond to tanker collision
On 20 July the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Formidable class frigate RSS Supreme responded to a distress call from two merchant vessels. They...
Ukraine’s asymmetrical change to naval warfare
The way Ukraine has successfully used small, unmanned vehicles to force the dominant Russian navy away from its shores is an “arbiter of things...
Japanese warship in Chinese waters
Japan's defense ministry is investigating officers of a naval destroyer that entered Chinese territorial waters for about 20 minutes on July 4, Breaking Defense...
HMS Diamond Returns Home
The destroyer HMS Diamond returns to Portsmouth on 6 July after an historic Red Sea deployment that saw her shoot down nine drones and...