Leaders’ joint statement on submarines
In September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced AUKUS – a new security partnership that will promote a free and...
White House statement on submarine deal
On March 13, 2023, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr....
UN moves to avert oil disaster
The UN has bought a huge ship that it hopes will prevent an environmental catastrophe off the coast of Yemen. For years, more than...
US Navy eyes service base in Australia
The U.S. Navy envisions a submarine hub in Australia from which the service can oversee the entire range of undersea activities in the Asia-Pacific...
ADF helps cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu
HMAS Canberra has arrived in Vanuatu to assist the nation after it suffered damage from Cyclones Judy and Kevin. The ship sailed from Sydney...
Russian breaching closed waterway
A Russian cargo ship slipped quietly into the Black Sea with a suspected load of war supplies for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, H I...
Black Sea: no naval base is safe
The February 28 2023 drone strike on Tuapse shows the growing distances of Ukraine's attacks. The strategic port is located on the Russian coast...
Treaty to protect the high seas agreed
It has been almost two decades in the making, but this month in New York, after days of gruelling round-the-clock talks, UN member states...
Indonesia-Singapore cooperation
Indonesia–Singapore Maritime Security Cooperation: from ‘Reluctant’ to ‘Expansive’
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2021, Issue 2, in December 2021.
By Mr Risrian...
Australian N-subs: Speed, stealth, firepower
In a nondescript office building in Canberra, hundreds of officials have spent months fine-tuning highly secretive plans for Australia to become just the seventh...