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Taiwanese MP urges closer Aussie ties

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A senior Taiwanese politician has called for greater security and economic cooperation with Australia as his nation tries to counter China's increasingly assertive military,...

Australia pulls out of International Maritime Security Construct

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The Australian Defence Force has concluded its contribution to the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) in the Middle East, Contact reports. Personnel from the Australian...

Index shows Australian maritime weaknesses

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By Jay Benson* Stable Seas recently released its third annual Maritime Security Index with one very important addition. This time, the geographic scope was expanded...

Podcast: Dramatic 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race rescue

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One of the finest Australian Naval History podcast episodes yet produced is released on 21 December. It describes the  dramatic 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race...

US should station a new First Fleet on our northern coast

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By Salvatore Babones* With China on the march and incoming US president Joe Biden pledging to work with allies to counter it, no American ally...

Russian n-sub tests ICBMs

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A Russian nuclear submarine on Saturday successfully test-fired four intercontinental ballistic missiles in a show of readiness of Moscow’s nuclear forces amid tension with...

All three Hobart class in exercise

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Royal Australian Navy’s three Hobart-class destroyers have exercised together for the first time, demonstrating their cooperative-engagement capabilities, Contact magazine reports. HMA Ships Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney...

Australia needs more links with democracies, fewer with China

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By Peter Jennings* Here’s a priority list for Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s foreign arrangements taskforce to apply the Australian government’s new veto power over states’...

Russia and China team up on Indian Ocean

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Two recent naval exercises demonstrate the potential for Russia-China cooperation in the Indian Ocean, and how the two present a much greater threat to a...

Aerial drones from subs to sink ships

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The name of the game in the Pacific is stand-off range. But with longer range torpedoes and anti-ship missiles in the arsenal, submariners are...