Seas are in a state of crisis
By Geoffrey Till*
However you define good order at sea, it’s hard not to feel rather pessimistic about its future. A host of accounts and...
US Navy wants to axe 8 amphibious ships
The U.S. Navy wants to buy one last San Antonio-class amphibious ship and then end the production line, the service announced in its fiscal...
First batch of Indian Navy Seahawk MH 60R complete training
The Indian Navy’s first batch of MH 60R ‘Romeo’ aircrew successfully completed their training at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, on 1...
Australian missile developments
The Australian Government announced on 5 April that it has approved the accelerated acquisition of improved weapon capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF)...
Russian frigate reported hit by Ukrainian missile
On 4 April a Ukrainian Presidential spokesman Alexey Arestovych announced that the Russian Admiral Grigorovich class frigate Admiral Essen was damaged by Ukrainian forces. It is...
Solomons breaking trust with its neighbours
In his statement to the Solomon Islands parliament on the draft security agreementbetween his country and Beijing, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stridently but disingenuously...
US Navy goes for off-the-shelf sonar
The U.S. Navy will end its work with Raytheon Technologies developing a sonar for littoral combat ships and frigates and will instead buy a...
Rules-based order and maritime security
By Abhijit Singh*
Maritime scholars and practitioners often wrestle with the question of what a “desirable” architecture for maritime security should be, and how must...
Budget: problem identified, but the solution?
By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA*
The federal budget substantially bolstered Australia’s defence spending. But not enough was done to support development and diplomacy.
Last week’s federal...
Grey zones, the Law of the Sea and the South China Sea
By Rob McLaughlin*
SYNOPSIS
In the pre-UN era, international law stipulated that unless a conflict situation between states was an armed conflict, competition and contest between...