Indonesian sub loss: lessons for Australia
By Denis Mole*
The loss of any submarine should be a catalyst for countries with submarines to review the likely causes and responses to determine...
Little bit of panic in China’s rhetoric on Australia
By Peter Jennings*
After another tumultuous week in the Australia–China relationship, four conclusions are becoming increasingly clear. First, we are going to be on this...
LGBTI campaign pushes for apology
Ex-Defence members traumatised from being dishonourably discharged under historic policies banning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people will use the recently announced royal commission...
Carrier to protect Afghan withdrawal
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has decided to keep an aircraft carrier in the Middle East to help provide protection for American and coalition troops...
US cruiser’s new exercise with drone
The U.S. Navy is pairing an MQ-9B Sea Guardian drone with a guided-missile cruiser capable of firing anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine missiles as a...
Rich pickings for military strategists
Now is the time for those who like to play war games or develop notional military strategies. There have seldom been so many rich...
Lessons from Afghanistan
By Ian Dudgeon*
The announcement of the withdrawal all US, NATO and other allied (including Australian) forces from Afghanistan by 11 September this year represents...
US exercises FONOP in Indian zone
By Sarosh Bana*
In a move that has deeply embarrassed the Indian government, a guided missile destroyer from the US 7th Fleet transgressed into India’s exclusive...
India set to begin Attack class program
The PowerPoint presentation by navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh at the combined commanders’ conference in Kevadia, Gujarat, on March 6 this year had been...
Vale Eric Grove: Energy, enthusiasm, eccentricity.
Professor Eric Grove (1948-2021). Obituary by James Goldrick
Eric Grove was born in Bolton in Lancashire and brought up in Aberdeen, attending Aberdeen Grammar School and...