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By Norman Friedman IN FEBRUARY, Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter announced that the U.S. Navy would soon field a version of the SM-6 anti-aircraft missile as a supersonic (Mach 3.5) anti-ship weapon. Norman Friedman looks at the past month's world naval developments.

JAPAN Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) naval liaison officers (LNOs) visited USS JOHN STENNIS (CVN 74), Feb. 22.The LNOs helped coordinate and communicate with...

Gary Martinic looks at the growing use of unmanned weapons for surveillance and attack.

By Hugh White* THE 2016 Defence White Paper, launched last week, has been much admired for being hard-nosed about China, but it is only the latest in a long line of defence policy documents since 1994 that have tried to address the implications of China's rise for Australia's defence needs. And like them, it has failed, Huge White argues.

The 2016 Australian Defence White Paper puts a lot of stress on a "rules-based global order". Greg Raymond looks at the consequences and what this means for strategic defence thinking.

The commander of the US Navy’s 7th Fleet says he is wary of the situation in the South China Sea being painted as a battle between the United States and China, but added that the presence of a Chinese missile system on a disputed island would not stop the US military from flying over the region.

Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe and Mitchell Sutton look at the increasing importance of HMAS Stirling, the largest naval base in Australia, and the only one on the country’s western seaboard.

FORMER Defence Minister and Labor leader Kim Beazley says Australia should conduct routine freedom of navigation exercises through the contested waters of the South...

Photos from the recent International Fleet Review in India. photographs by Michael Nitz of NAVAL PRESS SERVICE.