RAN to get upgrade for Sparrow missiles
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has confirmed the purchase of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 capability for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Defence Magazine...
China’s third carrier approaches launch
China’s third and largest aircraft carrier to date is rapidly approaching its launch ceremony, with latest satellite imagery showing construction work on the ship...
$1b for Garden Island maintenance base
Australia’s warships will be able to dock at a new $1 billion maintenance centre in Sydney as part of a commitment by the Morrison...
FY23 US ship-building plan set for failure
By Matthew Hipple*
“About 300 ships, achieved in FY2018, will provide a force capable of… assuring access in any theater of operations, even in the...
Way to sink China’s weaponised merchant ships
This month, gCaptain reported the U.S. Air Force demonstrated a lethal new weapon that could provide a low-cost and more widely-available alternative to sinking...
Seapower conference’s Indo-Pacific focus
Maritime leaders from nine nations joined Australia’s Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, at the Indo-Pacific Sea Power 2022 conference in outlining common...
Diplomacy’s big Pacific role
By Sam Roggeveen*
There was barely concealed panic in Australia when news broke that China had struck a security agreement with Solomon Islands. What if...
Ukraine war’s lessons for Indo-Pacific navies
By Malcolm Davis*
The war in Ukraine looks set to become protracted. Russia’s expected rapid victory has failed to materialise and the conflict is now...
Austal unveils new range of OPVs
Austal unveiled a new range of offshore patrol vessels at Indo Pacific 2022. Based on the in-service Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boat, the "Offshore...
Seapower stresses free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific
Australia’s Defence leaders opened the Sea Power 2022 conference in Sydney on May 10, by outlining the importance of working with like-minded partners for...