Farsi Island: surface warfare’s wake-up call
The Farsi Island incident reveals the importance of riverine warfare. The changing Arctic
As climate change alters the Arctic Ocean, the transformation of the world’s highest seas will push the nations surrounding it into an area of unresolved territorial disputes and increasingly higher financial stakes, Ian Birdwell writes. Of syndromes and other matters
By Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande*
1. During interactions with groups of officers, whether during the PCT for COs and XOs or Long courses or Subs’ courses, there have been interesting and always candid discussions on various issues. In addition, there are some perspectives in this edition of “Mashaal” that set me to pen some thoughts when I was shown the articles slated for inclusion in the journal. Full text of 2016 Vernon Parker Oration. Kim Beazley
This is the full text of the Vernon Parker Oration given by former Defence Minister and Australian Ambassador to the US, the Honourable Kim...
Vice Admiral Robert ‘Tubby’ Squires – obituary
Vice Admiral Robert “Tubby” Squires, who has died aged 89, helped to commission Britain’s first nuclear-powered submarine.
In 1960, when he was appointed first lieutenant...
Israeli Navy To Equip Surface Fleet With RapidFire Guns
After more than a decade of discussions, the Israeli Navy is in contract negotiations with the US Navy to purchase 76mm rapid-fire guns from...
China prepares for ‘people’s war at sea’ to counter offshore security threats
China has called for preparations for a “people’s war at sea” to counter offshore security threats while its top court warned foreigners of criminal...
South Australia trade strategy to target Europe after shipbuilding deals
SOUTH Australia will directly target Europe with a new trade strategy aimed at leveraging activity off three new shipbuilding contracts, amid uncertainty around the...
MoD to release £1bn for stealth submarines
The Ministry of Defence is planning to release more than £1bn, possibly as early as September, to enable BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to begin...
HMAS Canberra and HMAS Shropshire: never say die
On 9 August 1942 HMAS Canberra was lost in the night battle of Savo Island while protecting the Guadalcanal beachheads as part of a USN Task Force. Eighty four of her ship's company lost their lives. This account of the loss of the ship, and what became of her surviving crew when they took HMAS Shropshire to war, was prepared for a speech written for delivery at this year's Canberra memorial service in Canberra by LCDR Desmond Woods, RANR.