Risks to Australia’s maritime trade
By David Uren*
If push comes to shove between China and the United States, Australia’s international trade with Asia is at risk of becoming collateral...
Faster cheaper maritime deterrence
By Thomas Lonergan*
Following the release of the Australia’s Surface Fleet Review, a big problem remains: the Australian Defence Force lacks sufficient maritime firepower to...
State of play with Defence estate divestment
By Raelene Lockhorst, Nicholas Meatheringham and Matt Priest*
The Department of Defence is the largest single landholder in the Commonwealth and one of the largest overall landholders...
UK and Australia: formal allies?
By Euan Graham*
Australia and Britain have concluded a new treaty-level Defence and Security Cooperation Agreement (DSCA). Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The Strategist. To what...
Russia sinks own vessel in Baltic mishap
Russia faced a grave mishap during its Baltic Navy drills, leading to the accidental sinking of one of its own ships by a missile...
China grabs another bit of ocean
Earlier this month, China quietly turned a swathe of the Gulf of Tonkin into an extension of Chinese internal waters, simply by declaring a...
Fourth Chinese spy vessel around India
With India planning to test at least one more nuclear ballistic missile in the next two weeks, a new Chinese spy ship has started...
Inside RN’s maritime control centre
Forces News has been given special access to the Royal Navy's control centre for handling shipping emergencies. Its report follows.
UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre...
ASC and BAE to build new submarines
The Australian government has announced a joint venture between the Commonwealth-owned ASC and BAE Systems Australia to build nuclear submarines for the Royal Australian...
Sinking of Russian ships has come too late
Last week, the Ukrainian military claimed it struck—presumably with British-made Storm Shadow missiles or similar, French-made SCALP-EGs launched by Sukhoi Su-24 bombers—two Russian navy...