Australia is spending $640m on naval supply ships made in Spain
THE Australian Government signed a contract on 5 May 2016 to spend $640 million on two naval replenishment ships built in Spain.
The decision to...
South China Sea criticism ‘could rebound like coiled spring’
INTERNATIONAL criticism of China over the disputed South China Sea will rebound like a coiled spring, a Chinese diplomat said on Friday (6 May...
Western Australia and US geo-strategy
By Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe and Mitchell Sutton
WITH the recent announcements surrounding an upgraded US military presence in northern Australia, attention is once again turning towards...
Archipelagic security: future of the Seychelles Coast Guard
By Serge DeSilva-Ransinghe, Mitchell Sutton and Tim Dempsey
THE Seychelles may seem like a world apart from the troubles of its region, yet this idyllic...
DSME, Lockheed Martin sign partnership deal in combat ship sector
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME), a South Korean shipyard, said Friday that it has signed a partnership deal with Lockheed Martin to...
Learning the lessons from Jutland
Adjunct Professor James Goldrick, who commanded HMA Ships Cessnock and Sydney (twice), is to reflect on the Battle of Jutland 100 years ago in a lecture at ANU next month. Trouble and strife beyond the Middle East
Christopher Skinner draws a connection between three naval news developments. He says the connection is that they each describe a facet of the rapidly changing geo-political situation in three areas of international crisis beyond the middle east: South China Sea and adjacent maritime areas; Korean peninsula; and Crimea. SEA5000 CEP: critical capability considerations for the future frigates
Sam Goldsmith takes a detailed look at critical capability considerations for the future frigates Navies are systems, not just warships
Alastair Cooper says navies are systems not just warships and counters the argument that submarines are going to be obsolete or that they should be nuclear-powered.