The Australia-India strategic partnership
By Dhruva Jaishankar*
After five decades of testy or distant strategic relations, India and Australia began in the early 2000s to forge an increasingly cooperative...
Subs: dollars, strategic and nightmares
The argument for subs lies within the fundamental call on any nation: defend the realm and protect the currency (proving the oldest-profession status of...
Between giants: the future of the Taiwanese Navy
By Jonathan Selling*
For years worries about a potential second Cold War between the United States and China have swirled within discussions on the Asia-Pacific....
Covid slows, but not stops, Chinese military
By Richard A. Bitzinger*
THE COVID-19 virus has up-ended many things. When it comes to Chinese military modernisation, however, the pandemic has blunted the pace...
New light on 1963 US sub sinking
The US Navy began releasing documents from the investigation into the deadliest submarine disaster in U.S. history on Wednesday, but the Navy said the...
Record warplanes on HMS Queen Elizabeth
More warplanes than ever before have embarked on Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth ahead of exercises in the North Sea, Forces Net...
Steel cat Brisbane comes up to speed
Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Brisbane recently stretched her legs off the coast of Sydney, to conduct a full power trial, Navy Daily reports.
A power...
US thinking about extending Nimitz class
The Navy is considering an extension of the service lives of the first few aircraft carriers in the Nimitz-class, the head of the service’s...
US says to China: build that carrier
China’s pursuit of more aircraft carriers validates the U.S. Navy’s commitment to building more American aircraft carriers in the future, the U.S. admiral in...
Brendan Nelson talks about Teddy Sheean VC
Angus Hordern speaks with Dr Brendan Nelson about Australia’s 101st Victoria Cross recipient, Teddy Sheean VC, in the Life on the Line podcast series.
Life...