US submarine force’s maintenance woe
The U.S. Navy attack submarine force inventory is at a low, and maintenance backlogs are making it harder to conduct important development work, the...
Antarctic trouble for Australia
By Marigold Black and Peter Dortmans*
Antarctica, as one of the largest shared spaces on the planet, represents an emerging nexus of geostrategic competition. Australia may...
Climate warriors solve carriers’ energy demands
When the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers arrived in Portsmouth, the base faced a critical issue – how to find enough electricity. HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS...
Professional Military Education and Sea-Blindness
Professional Military Education and Sea-Blindness: Lessons from the Royal Canadian Navy
By Commander Darin MacDonald, RAN*
This article published in the Australian Naval Review, 2021, Issue 1, in...
Chinese naval modernisation
By Carlyle A. Thayer*
This Background Brief was originally submitted to Australia Commonwealth Department of Defence Inquiry on the 2013 Defence White Paper on February...
Russian ramps up presence in Med
Russia has reinforced its naval presence in the Mediterranean, much more than usual. This can be seen as an outer defense layer for naval...
Speculation that Japan to get N-subs
Japanese media interest in the question of Japan getting nuclear -powered submarines peaked in late September last year, immediately after Australia made a surprise...
Maritime forces and Ukraine crisis
Three Russian guided-missile cruisers have been arrayed across the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to counter three NATO carrier strike groups, causing concern...
The Navy’s latest Astute class SSN HMS Anson in trials
HMS Anson, the fifth Astute-class attack submarine recently undertook trim and basin dive trials in dock at Barrow. The 7,000 tonne Anson was first...
Russia may be paranoid, but we are complacent
By Clive Williams*
The world has been focussed on the Russian troop build-up and invasion of Ukraine, with up to 190,000 well-equipped combat-ready personnel.
When it...