$528m ship too big to go under Hobart bridge
The Australian government should have listened to warnings from as early as 2018 that its $528m icebreaking research ship was too big to safely...
US Navy’s cruiser refit debacle
Back in 2015, the guided-missile cruiser Gettysburg began a lengthy modernization process that was supposed to enable the warship’s service life to be extended...
Japan, South Korea and the US should mirror AUKUS for destroyers
By Cmdr. Douglas Robb*
Last month in Washington, leaders from Japan, South Korea and the United States gathered to “inaugurate a new era of trilateral...
China’s ‘blue dragon’ strategy
By Patrick Mendis and Antonina Luszczykiewicz*
China’s “Blue Dragon” strategy seeks to upend Washington’s containment policy and breakout of strategic bottlenecks through leveraging national defence...
RN prepares for sea-bed warfare platform
The UK Royal Navy (RN) is preparing to commission and operate the future RFA Proteus, the first of two planned Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships...
3D printing of part for nuclear sub
A crewed submarine is, at its most elemental level, a machine designed to preserve a bubble of air underwater and keep the rest of...
Ukraine’s daring jet-ski raid
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) has released a video showing what it claims is a raid on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula., the Warzone reports.
The...
Australia’s nuclear security questioned
While Australia and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have committed to providing the security of technology transfer through the AUKUS agreements, the RAN has...
Philippines resupplies while China obstructs
The Philippines conducted a successful resupply mission on Wednesday to its outpost on BRP Sierra Madre(LS-57), grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed...
Report on China’s naval modernisation
On 5 October the US Congressional Research Service released a 70-page report on China’s military modernisation, including that of its navy, which is the...