Minister rejects report that sub project is high risk
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Defence Minister Marine Payne has rejected a report saying that Australia’s future submarine (FSM) project is "extravagantly expensive,...
A naval blockade best option to cut off N Korea
By James Stavridis
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is fixated on obtaining a serious nuclear arsenal, and continues to thumb his nose at...
HMAS Hobart commissioned
With a zealous crowd and great fanfare, the guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart was commissioned in to the Royal Australian Navy fleet in a...
SE Asia still looking to US: ex-Aussie Defence chief
Underscoring the importance of President Donald Trump’s upcoming Pacific visit, “the countries of East Asia want the United States actively engaged” as Beijing increasingly...
New US naval weapons to change the game with China
The US Navy, the world’s dominant naval force, has made substantial progress in developing advanced weapons such as solid state lasers (SSLs), electromagnetic railguns...
China used research mission to test route through Northwest Passage
China's official government news agency says Beijing used a scientific icebreaker voyage through Canada's Northwest Passage to test the viability of sailing Chinese cargo...
Minister sets Defence innovation investment priorities
The Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, announced (Sep 2017) the Government’s investment priorities for the Defence Innovation Hub for the coming year.
Minister Pyne...
Bad trends in naval maintenance and training: GAO
A STUDY by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on the U.S. Navy has found declining ship conditions and worsening trends in readiness as a result of shortened training periods, increased deployment lengths, and reduced or deferred maintenance for meeting high-operational demands. The Royal Marines Corps. What is it good for?
This quite long article from the UK blog – Thin Pinstriped Line – has some very interesting perspectives on the workings of the UK bureaucracy in relation to the Royal Navy and Royal Marine Corps. First naval story goes on podcast site
Angus Horden, the son of the late John Hordern who served on HMAS Shropshire at Corregidor and Leyte Gulf, writes:
I have recently been involved...