100 years of carriers in US Navy
Aircraft carriers joined the Navy fleet 100 years ago this month (March 2022), the Navy Times reports.
“For 100 years aircraft carriers have been the...
Russian deterrence missions by the dozen
For the longest stretch in decades, the Mediterranean Sea has played host to the deafening roar of U.S. carrier aircraft launching into Europe, the...
China has militarised new isles
China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft...
Navy clearance divers thanked for flood work
Royal Australian Navy personnel who helped clear flood material from the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay were given a big thank you recently in...
2022 Hattendorf Prize video of lecture
On 2 March Rear Admiral James Goldrick was awarded the 2022 Hattendorf Prize at the U.S. Naval War College for Distinguished Original Research in...
The importance of looking west
By Rebecca Strating*
This month, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that a new submarine base will be built in either Brisbane, Newcastle, or Port...
No time to waste money on armoured vehicles
By Michael Shoebridge*
It’s disturbing to see $18–27 billion of Australian government money about to be spent on more than 400 heavily armoured ‘infantry fighting...
US considers alternatives to unmanned boats
The U.S. Navy is nearly done assessing whether to put missile tubes on an unmanned surface vessel, comparing the idea to other options for...
China’s undersea gliders with ears
By Ryan D. Martinson*
Today, Chinese underwater gliders operate throughout the Indo-Pacific, from the Bay of Bengal to the Bering Sea, from high seas to...
Trilateral training boosts regional security
The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta and a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft recently joined US Navy destroyer USS...