US undersea fleet getting stronger
Seth Cropsey’s recent commentary in the Wall Street Journal on the state of the US submarine force unfortunately omits numerous recent developments that cast...
NZ role in AUKUS more likely after poll
The chances that New Zealand will sign up to Pillar 2 of the AUKUS agreement have dramatically increased following New Zealand’s general election on...
Getting private capital to help defence
By Hayley Channer*
With a focus on the defence strategic review and AUKUS, the Australian government is increasingly concerned about how it can mobilise private...
US Army takes on naval tinge
The U.S. Army is looking just a bit more naval as it adjusts to the Pacific region, adopting missiles long wielded by its sister...
Purpose of unmanned ships queried
By Jonathan Panter*
On March 18, 2021, former Congresswoman Elaine Luria of Virginia criticized the Navy’s then-recently-released Unmanned Campaign Framework as “full of buzzwords and...
Brazilian N-sub a step closer
On October 4, 2023, the first steel plates of a test section for the future nuclear-powered attack submarine "Álvaro Alberto" were cut during a...
Defence’s problems: money and structure
By Rowan Moffitt and Jon Stanford*
The stark decline in Australia’s strategic circumstances is well documented. So too is thirty years of serial poor performance...
The case for a stronger merchant navy
By Peter Court*
Queensland’s Kenilworth war memorial seems unremarkable to the average passerby. If you blink, you’ll miss it, and even if you don’t blink,...
Indian Navy assists South African Navy sea training
An eight-member team from the Indian Navy’s Headquarters Sea Training (HQST), undertook Operational Sea Training and Safety Audit of the frigate SAS Mendi, at...
China: military and security developments
The US Department of Defense has released its annual report, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China (PRC). This very comprehensive...