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By Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe and Mitchell Sutton WITH the recent announcements surrounding an upgraded US military presence in northern Australia, attention is once again turning towards...

By Serge DeSilva-Ransinghe, Mitchell Sutton and Tim Dempsey THE Seychelles may seem like a world apart from the troubles of its region, yet this idyllic...

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), a South Korean shipyard, said Friday that it has signed a partnership deal with Lockheed Martin to...

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Adjunct Professor James Goldrick, who commanded HMA Ships Cessnock and Sydney (twice), is to reflect on the Battle of Jutland 100 years ago in a lecture at ANU next month.

Christopher Skinner draws a connection between three naval news developments. He says the connection is that they each describe a facet of the rapidly changing geo-political situation in three areas of international crisis beyond the middle east: South China Sea and adjacent maritime areas; Korean peninsula; and Crimea.

Sam Goldsmith takes a detailed look at critical capability considerations for the future frigates

Alastair Cooper says navies are systems not just warships and counters the argument that submarines are going to be obsolete or that they should be nuclear-powered.

By Crispin Hull* WE ASKED the wrong question. We asked: should we get the French, the Germans or the Japanese to help us build new submarines? The fourth option and fifth options were not canvassed – for short-term political reasons. The fourth and fifth options were: why build any submarines at all, and if we must have some submarines why not build nuclear-powered submarines with US help.

A DRONE command centre has been installed aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time, signifying the US Navy's commitment to a future of...