Defence needs to be more effective with projects
By Brendan Nicholson*
As Defence embarks on a series of massive and complex building programs, the department’s secretary, Greg Moriarty, has warned that it needs...
Sovereignty is the key to defence industry policy
By Graeme Dunk*
Sovereignty is now the buzzword of defence industry policy, applied liberally to whatever project is under discussion. The idea has been further...
Sub conference early bird booking
Early-bird registrations for the 9th Biennial Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) Conference 2018 close next week. This year’s conference, where the theme is “Collins...
RAN ships leave fiji
HMA Ships Adelaide and Melbourne have farewelled Fiji following a successful port visit as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018 (IPE). Both ships arrived in...
Insight into UK’s maritime strategy
A transcript of the interview between Dr. Eric Grove (EG) and Roger Hilton (RH) is below. The transcript has been edited for clarity.
RH: Hello...
Maritime element in national security and defence strategies
By Jack McKechnie*
The recently released U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) and National Defense Strategy (NDS) have major implications for maritime security.
In December 2017,...
‘Indo-Pacific’: (re-)revise and resubmit
By Huong Le Thu*
At the 17th Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) last weekend, the ‘Indo-Pacific’ was the leitmotif. From Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi and US...
Initiative and technology in naval warfare
By Captain Jeffrey Kline, USN (Ret.)
Seventy five years ago, Ensign “Dagwood” Propst sat in the pilot seat of his large PBY search plane waiting...
US Second Fleet comes out of the cold
World naval developments May 2018
By Norman Friedman*
In May the U.S. Navy announced that it was reactivating Second Fleet in response to growing Russian...
Has the PLA really overlooked its amphibious force?
By Grant Newsham*
It might surprise the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to learn they’ve short-changed themselves on amphibious capability. Sam Roggeveen wrote on The Interpreter...