RAN gearing up to support aged care
#AusNavy personnel across Australia are gearing up to further support the aged-care sector, following a request from Emergency Management Australia. 😷
Commander COVID-19 Task Force...
Obituary: Professor Brendan Sargeant
With sadness, the Department of Defence noted the tragic passing of Professor Brendan Sargeant last weekend. Professor Sargeant was one of Australia’s leading strategic and...
Can Defence convert money to capability?
It’s a brutal time to be a Commonwealth public servant working on the budget. Portfolio additional estimates statements—the mid-year budget update for portfolio agencies—were...
Strategy and the Australian election
On 2 February, ASPI released Agenda for change 2022: shaping a different future for our nation to promote public debate and understanding on issues...
RAN officer in UK rescue mission
A Royal Australian Navy officer on a training exercise in the UK found himself in the middle of a real-life rescue. Lieutenant Dan Cochrane...
Flurry of Russian naval activity explained
The past several weeks have seen some extraordinary Russian naval activity.1 On 17 and 18 January 2021, six Russian amphibious warfare ships sortied from...
Why Putin feels so threatened
By Paul Dibb*
Why has Russia’s President Vladimir Putin become so aggressive in his attitude to the US, NATO and Ukraine? In this article, I...
RN chief outlines vision to 2035
The First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key outlined his vision for the Royal Navy to 2035 to defence and shipbuilding industry leaders at Rosyth....
USS John Lewis conducts builder’s trials
USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of 22,000 ton fleet replenishment oilers has recently completed initial builder’s...
China’s new diesel submarine
Another new and previously unknown Chinese submarine design has appeared, continuing the country’s prodigious naval shipbuilding program. the Drive reports.
The emergence of this submarine...