Rusting oil tanker poses risk of disaster
A rusting oil tanker, the FSO Saferoff, Yemen's Red Sea coast is loaded with more than a million barrels of crude oil and experts have warned...
Unexploded bombs pose problem on Guam
Roughly 11,000 bombs and other munitions were dropped on Guam in World War II, but never detonated, the Navy Times reports.
Decades later, the U.S....
Geography must come first in defence
By Paul Dibb*
Since the announcement this month (July 2220) by Prime Minister Scott Morrison of a radical shift in Australia’s defence policy, the question...
Time to decolonise Diego Garcia
By Peter Harris*
The United States military base on Diego Garcia has a problem: it is housed inside an unlawful jurisdiction, the British Indian Ocean...
An Indian view of Australia’s Strategic Update
By Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande, Indian Navy (Retired)*
The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison’s release of the Strategic Update 2020 had considerable coverage and commentary...
Maritime’s big role in Defence Update
By Rear Admiral Allan du Toit*
The Commonwealth Government’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update and the supporting $270 billion 2020 Force Structure Plan to enhance Australia’s...
Crisis: seafarers forced to stay at sea
By Jim Wilson, Policy & Communications Officer, Shipping Australia Limited*
Readers who live near ports may have wondered why merchant ships were sounding their horns...
The power of long-range anti-ship missiles
By Richard Dunley*
Defence commentators have devoted much attention in recent years to the development of long-range anti-ship missiles, whether in the form of anti-ship...
Obituary: RADM Andrew Robertson
FROM: CN AUSTRALIA
VALE: REAR ADMIRAL ANDREW JOHN ROBERTSON AO DSC RAN (RETD)
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing...
Steel contract signed for Hunter Class frigate program
ASC Shipbuilding has signed a $2.6 million contract with BlueScope Steel AIS for the Hunter Class Frigate Program. Navy News reports.
Under the contract announced...