USS Gerald R. Ford fully operational
The world’s largest warship, the nuclear power aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has become fully operational. This is five years after commissioning. The ship has completed system...
Videos mark 10 Years of PLA-N carrier development
China has made significant progress in building its aircraft carrier fleet in the past decade since the first, the Liaoning, was commissioned September 2012....
Chinese spy ship’s Sri Lankan visit
By Nick Danby*
In September 2014, Sri Lanka stirred the embers of conflict in the Indian Ocean region by allowing Chinese naval vessels to dock...
Amphibious base exemplifies review’s tasks
By John Coyne*
The terms of reference for the defence strategic review provided by the government to the independent leads are just short of two...
Buying the wrong submarine
By Peter Layton*
Nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) are technically incredible. They are akin to the Australian Navy’s conventionally powered Collins Class submarines but much faster,...
US submarine strategy’s responsive moves
The US is designing its SSN(X) next-generation nuclear attack submarine in a significant shift from procuring Virginia class SSNs to a new class by...
US pushes faster Aussie N-sub plan
Australia will engage with US plans to accelerate the construction of AUKUS nuclear submarines, says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as Tony Abbott calls for...
Thucydides’ Trap from the rise of China in the Indo-Pacific?
In the third episode of the ANI’s flag ship podcast the Saltwater Strategists, ANI Council Board Member Simon Walstrom talks to US Navy RADM...
Amphibious combat vehicles back to sea
With new interim guidance, the Marine Corps’ amphibious combat vehicles are set to return to waterborne operations on the open ocean after a two-month...
Noisy Collins makes N-subs more urgent
Australia's most recently retired navy chief warns the country's ageing Collins Class submarine fleet will become easier to detect in an increasingly crowded maritime neighbourhood...