Issues for the future of the US Navy
By Bruce Stubbs*
In 2022, Congress established the independent National Commission on the Future of the Navy to conduct two overarching studies, one examining naval...
Chinese Navy’s 45 late-gen destroyers
The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy has commissioned a new Type 052D class destroyer, the Tongchuan, into service in the South China Sea. The...
Obituary: CDRE Peter Dechaineux AM RAN (Retd)
Born in England in 1939, Commodore Peter Dechaineux was the son of Captain Emile Dechaineux DSC RAN who was mortally wounded at the Battle...
De-mining the Strait of Hormuz
By Clive Williams*
Sea mine contamination in the Strait of Hormuz represents the principal obstacle to the restoration of normal commercial shipping operations in the...
From the ANI Archive: Operation Sumatra Assist
One of the most significant ADF peacetime disaster relief operations was its response to Boxing Day 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It is estimated nearly...
Joint Statement, AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting
On 30 May the following AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Joint Statement was released:
The Honourable Richard Marles, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the...
Three years to restore US depleted weapons stock
The United States will need at least three years to restore an array of critical weapons systems to prewar levels following its 38-day bombing...
Iran tightens grip on Hormuz
Iran is tightening its grip on the Strait of Hormuz by asserting unprecedented control over one of the world's most strategically important shipping lanes...
Used Virginia-class subs for Australia
Defence minister Richard Marles has said Australia is saving money and simplifying the navy by taking old US subs instead of a new one,...
Russia watching NATO drill
The Russian Northern Fleet’s intelligence-gathering vessel Yuri Ivanov is loitering in the Norwegian Sea as NATO conducts its anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose. While...