Attempt to identify lone HMAS Sydney survivor
A fresh attempt will be made to name the unknown sailor who was the only body found from Australia’s greatest naval tragedy — the...
Construction begins on patrol vessels
Construction has begun on the Navy’s new Offshore Patrol Vessels at Osborne in South Australia. The OPVs will be called the Arafura Class. The...
The real test for Australia’s Pacific pivot is not China
By Associate Professor Chengxin Pan, Professor Matthew Clarke and Sophie Loy-Wilson*
The real test of Australia’s long-term success in the Pacific islands is not how...
A concert of Indo-Pacific democracies
By Brahma Chellaney*
On his week-long tour of Asia, US vice president Mike Pence has been promoting a vision of a ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific...
The ‘aggregate failure’ of Australia’s submarine policy
By Andrew Davies*
Australia’s future submarine capability isn’t in a good place. We started the program at least five years too late due to a...
Challenges and opportunities for Indonesian–Australian maritime cooperation
Indonesia and Australia share one of the longest maritime boundaries in the world. Desi Albert Mamahit looks at the history and the challenges and opportunities this presents.
What exactly is the Collins life of type extension?
By Marcus Hellyer*
My recent study, Thinking through submarine transition, examines the long journey from Australia’s current submarine capability consisting of six Collins-class submarines to...
China’s string of pearls should concern India
By Lindsay Hughes, Research Analyst, Indian Ocean Research Program
The so-called “String of Pearls” construct has been dismissed as a threat to India by Indian...
India’s n-sub should raise red flags for Pakistan
By Ejaz Haider*
In a series of tweets on November 5, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, celebrated the maiden completion of a ‘deterrence patrol’ by...
Our new submarines: undecided and underwater
By Nicholas Stuart
The Submarine Institute of Australia doesn't sound like a particularly subversive organisation. Nor is it – usually. But (and perhaps unfortunately for...