Royal Marines stop drug boat with one shot
Royal Marines have crippled a high-speed drugs boat with a single, pinpoint sniper shot in one of the most dramatic counter-narcotics operations the Royal...
Mogami deal with Japan huge on several countsi
By Robert Farley*
Australia in August inked a deal to purchase 11 new frigates from Japan. The sale was noteworthy not only for the hypermodern...
Time again for battleships?
By Tom Sharpe*
If you like warships then you will have a fondness for battleships. It’s impossible not to. Their size, their lines, their massive...
Industry and a protracted conflict
National Resilience – how to prepare Australian industry to support protracted conflict.
(The author's presentation to the ANI's 2025 Goldrick Seminar explored the themes in...
How China boosted shipbuilding
Ten years ago, the Chinese Communist Party, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, introduced two major policy initiatives: Made in China 2025 and military-civil...
PNG treaty: keeping China out
By Sam Roggeveen*
The “Pukpuk” mutual defence treaty signed by Australia and Papua New Guinea on 6 October 2025 is a welcome development and a...
Changes to US’s AUKUS and Taiwan dealings
A top US defense official has signalled changes to the AUKUS agreement to make it more "sustainable" and with defense arrangements with Taiwan, Breaking...
Australia and Singapore enhance defence cooperation
On 8 October it was announced that Australia and Singapore have agreed to upgrade our defence and security partnership, as part of the enhanced...
ANI at 50 : Illumination Rounds
The Journal of the Australian Naval Institute offered a forum where its members could propose suggestions to improve the RAN. Short pieces were often...
UK, India in major operation
The U.K. Carrier Strike Group and the Indian Navy Vikrant Carrier Strike Group are conducting a joint exercise for the first time, operating together...