Implementing Australia’s nuclear submarine program
ASPI is releasing a new report ‘Implementing Australia’s nuclear submarine program’ by Andrew Nicholls, Jackson Dowie and Dr Marcus Hellyer. This report analyses the decision space available...
China rejects US NPT claim about AUKUS
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Friday rejected a U.S. claim concerning Australia-U.K.-U.S. (AUKUS) trilateral nuclear submarine cooperation, urging the three not to go...
AUKUS and collective seapower
AUKUS: A personal view by David Hobbs
The AUKUS agreement capitalises on the intimate and long-standing links that exist between the three navies and their nations'...
Commissioning of USS Daniel Inouye
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest guided-missile destroyer, USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) on 8 December at Pearl Harbor. More than 1,000 guests including service...
RAN-PNGDF exercise off Darwin
Patrol boats from the Royal Australian Navy and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) maritime element worked together to conduct maritime surveillance and constabulary...
Red kangaroo finds place in AWM
EIGHTY years to the day since HMAS Parramatta (II) was lost, the red kangaroo funnel insignia from successor ship Parramatta (IV) was donated to the...
New US exchange program announced
Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Commandant, Commodore Peter Leavy and Superintendent United States Naval Academy (USNA) Vice Admiral Sean Buck have signed a new...
Sea-legs for defence vehicles tested
The two vehicles under consideration for Australia’s multi-billion dollar infantry fighting vehicle project have undergone sea transportability trials on Sydney Harbour, the Australian Defence...
NZ-led force’s big drug seizures
During an intensive period of operations in November, units under the New Zealand-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 command completed eight successful interceptions in...
Brazil’s nuclear submarine project
In a ceremony held on November 25, the Brazilian Navy signed an agreement to start building the hull of its first nuclear-powered submarine (SSN),...