Unpredictable climate, CN says
By Brendan Nicholson*
The Royal Australian Navy is strongly focused on building relationships with allies and gaining experience in an increasingly complex and uncertain Indo-Pacific...
NZ retires two patrol vessels
The Royal New Zealand Navy has retired two of its four inshore patrol vessels in line with the recently-released Defence Capability Plan.
HMNZS Pukaki and...
RAN under-gunned with missiles
By Malcolm Davis*
The Royal Australian Navy has neglected long-range naval surface-warfare capability for too long.
Its new Hobart-class air warfare destroyers represent Australia’s most advanced...
RAN should prepare for unmanned future
By Malcolm Davis*
In the next 15 years, the development of unmanned systems in the air, on and under the waves and on land, alongside...
Magnetic lure of strategic geography
By David Millar*
Australia has committed a surveillance aircraft and a ship to assist in a US-led operation to ensure oil supply through the strategic...
French naval chief of staff honoured
Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC, Governor of New South Wales congratulates Admiral Christophe Prazuck, Chief of Staff of the French Navy,...
Winner of the Inaugural MacDougall Prize
Vice Admiral Michael Noonan announced the winner of the MacDougall Prize for best entry in the Youth Division of CN’s Essay Competition. It was...
Climate change is security threat: ex-Defence Chief
By Chris Barrie
It is evident from Australia’s increasingly severe droughts and record-breaking heatwaves that time is running out to take action on climate...
Chinese send officers to Sea Power meeting
Chinese naval officers have flown to Sydney to monitor high-level military discussions and examine cutting edge technology being adopted by the Australian Defence Force...
Author of Corvette history honoured
The 2019 Sea Power Conference has provided the perfect setting for the launch of a naval history book written by a young serving sailor,...