Law of Sea and Pacific competition
Saltwater Strategists. Podcast 4
In the shadow of the recent US, Pacific Island Country summit ANI Councillor Jen Parker sat down with Professor Stuart Kaye,...
Contract for 12 Seahawks for RAN
The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a firm fixed-price contract to produce an additional 12 Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk® helicopters for the Royal Australian...
Learn from past to defence now
By Kim Beazley*
The independent heads of Australia’s defence strategic review, Stephen Smith and Angus Houston, have a tough task on their hands. It’s the first...
King Charles III message to Australian Defence personnel
Here is the message from King Charles III to Australian Defence Forces personnel issued by the Australian Chief of the Defence Force:
On the occasion...
US ship-building plans
On 7 October the US Congressional Research Service released a report on the US Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans. This comprehensive 96 page...
US, Japan & S Korea in ballistic missile exercise
On 6 October a trilateral ballistic missile defence (BMD) exercise was held in the waters between Korea and Japan. This follows the Democratic People’s...
US & UK conduct surface drone exercise in Arabian Gulf
On 7 October Exercise Phantom Scope, took place in international waters off the Bahraini coast with forces from US 5th Fleet and the Royal...
Don’t decommission key ships: US Marines
The U.S. Navy has spent more than four years repairing one of its amphibious ships, blowing past its budget by at least $99 million....
Defence Review: tangled strategic logics
By Lesley Seebeck*
The rapidly changing strategic environment is prompting reassessments of Australia’s defence posture and capability. Rather than simply reviewing equipment purchases and stepping up...
Multiple paths to nuclear submarines
By Marcus Hellyer*
I’ve often thought that Australia’s submarine transition is a wicked problem, perhaps one of the most wicked in the public policy arena....