Addressing long-range weakness
By Martin Lewis*
Two former air force chiefs have said that there’s an urgent capability gap in the Australian Defence Force’s order of battle—an absence...
Reminder: ANI AGM is on 7 Nov 5.30pm
The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Naval Institute will be held on Thursday, 7 November 2019 in the Military Theatre, ADFA, ACT commencing...
Last call for women maritime scholarship
This is the last call for all women currently working in the maritime sector to express interest in a limited pool of scholarship funding that...
The Battles for Leyte Gulf
Australian ships fought in one of the greatest battles in naval history
By David Scott*
David wrote of his experiences in Arunta in 2004. A copy...
Best counter-measures to sea mines
By Dr. Keith Aliberti and Mike Kobold, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division
Sea mines have long been used as an effective form of asymmetric...
Dazzle paint for Canadian vessel
The Canadian frigate HMCS Regina is donning a new look ahead of its deployment next year to Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the...
China leases a Pacific island
By Alan Tidwell
The New York Times reported on 16 October that the People’s Republic of China had leased the island of Tulagi from Solomon Islands. A secret...
HMAS Melbourne II Trilogy podcast
The Australian Naval Institute proudly partners with the University of NSW (Canberra), the Seapower Centre, the Naval Historical Society and the Submarine Institute in...
End of FFGs as HMAS Melbourne III decommissions
On Saturday 26 October HMAS Melbourne, the last of six RAN FFGs, decommissioned at Fleet Base East in the presence of the New South Wales...
Delay for HMS Audacious delivery
The Royal Navy will have to wait an extra 17 months for the nuclear-powered attack submarine, Forces Network reports.
The 97-metre-long, 7,400-tonne nuclear-powered submarine is...