Lucky escape for Amethyst and Shoalhaven 1949
LCDR Desmond Woods, RANR
In Australia it is a little remembered fact that seventy years ago, in April of 1949, the Admiralty came close to...
RAN – 100 years on
By Commander Greg Swinden
100 Years ago…
The guns had fallen silent on the Western Front and the soldiers were coming home. Many of the Royal...
F-35B put to the test
World naval developments March 2019
By Norman Friedman*
At the end of February, the amphibious carrier Essexreturned from the first combat deployment of the F-35B, the vertical...
5G: Why is UK jeopardising Five Eyes partnership?
By Michael Shoebridge*
The looming UK decision on 5G and Huawei has profound consequences for the UK, for the four other members of the Five...
Maritime surveillance not just about technology
By John Coyne*
Over the past four years, Australia’s border security framework has been subject to ongoing landmark overhauls. On 1 July 2015, the Department...
Do not forget allies, US Navy warned
By LT Jason Lancaster, USN*
Introduction
“I’ve engaged with heads of navies from around the world, upwards of 72 different countries, in the concept that I...
Australia can no longer just muddle through in the Indian Ocean
By David Brewster*
Australia is an important Indian Ocean power and it needs to start acting like one. As Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s new...
Australian Border Force needs another look
By James Goldrick*
Recent reports in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age of shortfalls in the manning and funding of the Australian Border Force’s Cape-class patrol boats and earlier exchanges in Senate...
New new tension points in the Pacific
ByAlexandre Dayant
Two tiny and uninhabited islands in the middle of the Pacific that have, to date, appeared relatively uninteresting have revived deep tensions between...
US Navy pushes back big ship acquisition
By Megan Eckstein
The US Navy now plans to buy its first Large Surface Combatant ship in Fiscal Year 2025, pushed back two years from a...