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On 8 June, General Gatot Nurmantyo, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia: TNI), confirmed plans to build a military base on Morotai Island. The decision to build the base on Morotai is likely influenced by the strong presence of militant groups in the region, especially Abu Sayyaf. In April, Malaysian and Philippine forces thwarted a large-scale abduction attempt by the jihadist group that was to take place between the Bohol and Jolo Islands around Mindanao, in the southern Philippines.

By Norman Friedman* THE new British carrier Queen Elizabeth, the first of two, began sea trials in May. She represents the revival of British fixed-wing naval aviation. The last earlier British fixed-wing carrier airplane, the Sea Harrier fighter, was retired in 2006, and the three light carriers have been discarded. Queen Elizabeth is also by far the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy.

LCDR Henry Hall MBE, OAM, RAN (Rtd), Wednesday, 5 July 2017 – HMAS Albatross. Commodore R.G. Morrison CSC, RANR

AS THE geopolitical importance of the Indo-Pacific increases, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal, will attain increased strategic significance, Balaji Chandramohan argues.

Nicole Forrest Green welcomed ANI Patron and Australia’s Chief of Navy VADM Tim Barrett AO CSC RAN to the Lapérouse Museum in Sydney on 7th June 2017 for a special evening of history and culture. A lecture entitled ‘American Freedom, a French Inspiration’ or ‘L’Independence Américaine, grâce à la France’ was the event’s theme followed by drinks and canapés with a distinct French flavour.

Defence Minister Marise Payne has responded to former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's suggestion that Australia's submarines should be nuclear by pointing out the list...

The United Nations Convention for the Law of Sea (UNCLOS III) has failed to adequately define a nation’s territorial waters and to create a body which can enforce its judgements on nations involved in arbitration, David Mattingly writes.

China’s increasingly powerful navy launched its most advanced domestically produced destroyer on Wednesday, at a time of rising competition with other naval powers such as the United States, Japan and India.

Four China Coast Guard boats sailed into Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea Saturday, further inflaming long-simmering tensions between the two countries. The...

The People’s Liberation Army is to make its most visible -appearance in Hong Kong in 20 years, marking the handover anniversary with an unprecedented port call by its first aircraft carrier, the LIAONING, sources told the South China Morning Post.