Virtual dive on WWII Japanese sub wreck
Go on a virtual dive on the wreck of I-124, a WWII Japanese submarine, sunk 80 years ago (20 January 1942) in combat with...
Time to ditch “non-traditional security”
By James Goldrick and Blake Herzinger*
It is high time that we remove the term “non-traditional security” from our consideration of maritime affairs, and either...
Whatever happened to soft power?
By Joseph S. Nye*
As 2021 drew to a close, Russia had massed troops near its border with Ukraine, China had flown military jets near Taiwan,...
Australian Naval History Podcast in top 10 of world naval podcasts
The Australian Naval History Podcast series which is produced by the Navy Studies Group at the University of New South Wales (Canberra) has recently been...
US Navy reveals details of new surface combatant
By Peter Jones*
The backbone of the US surface combatant force is the Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers (DDG-51s). It is expected that just over...
Exercise Sea Dragon 2022
Maritime patrol aircraft from Australia, Canada, India, South Korea and the US took part in Exercise Sea Dragon 2022 which commenced on 5 January...
Russian anti-mine vessel is home
The first of the Alexandrit class MCM vessels to be laid down, the Georgy Kurbatrov arrived in the Black Sea Fleet's main base of Sevastopol on 12 January....
Surface ships in mortal peril
By Andrew Davies*
At an ASPI conference a few years ago, I remarked that I thought that major surface combatants had been obsolete for many...
Cannot do more with less: US Admiral
The Navy should be piqued more easily by the things it’s not doing well, according to the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command.
“We need...
Historic HMS Victory to be spruced up
A £35 million conservation project to renovate HMS Victory which will include replacing rotting planks has been announced on the 100th anniversary of the...