This uncertain world: it’s not just Trump
2017 Vernon Parker Oration Mr Ric Smith AO, PSM 20 June 2017
Vice Admiral Johnston, Ambassador and High Commissioner, Members and friends of the Australian...
Normalising military operations in South China Sea
Countering the Beijing narrative in the South China Sea is crucial, but concrete steps must be taken by the U.S. and the ASEAN countries before these small outposts become bigger militarized stepping stones, Brandon Hughes writes. Naval Infrastructure head announced
The Government has appointed David Knox as interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Australian Naval Infrastructure (ANI) Pty Ltd for three months...
Chennai: Next defence shipbuilding hub
L&T Shipbuilding has plans for its Kattupalli Shipyard, just 30 kilometres from Chennai, which could well see the shipyard become a major naval production...
Should some of our Barracudas go nuclear?
By Geoffrey Barker*
Australia’s decision to spend $50 billion on 12 French diesel-electric Shortfin Barracuda submarines reflects a long-established government preference for non-nuclear submarine forces....
Australian Government accepts new AWD Hobart
The Australian Government has taken provisional acceptance of the first Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Hobart. The Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, attended a ceremony at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide on 16 June 2017. Container-warship collision sparks questions
SEVEN US sailors after dead after a US Navy destroyer collided with a Philippine-flagged merchant ship off the coast of Japan on June 17, sparking questions about how it could happen.
A number of the sailors were found dead in the destroyer's flooded berthing compartments. A U.S. Coast Guard investigation team arrived in Japan Monday to start piecing together the sequence of events that led to the weekend collision between a Navy destroyer and a fully loaded container ship four times its size. There are now multiple investigations into the accident. India’s evolving maritime security strategy
India is adopting a strategy of having a carrier task force as a mobile base, together with sea-based nuclear deterrence. An extension of such an arrangement would involve the Navy’s vision of developing itself as an expeditionary force, which would eventually help India to attain its desired status as a major power in the Indo-Pacific region. China’s carrier: dreadnought or doctrinal dilemma
LESS than five years after the China commissioned its first Soviet-origin aircraft carrier Liaoning in September 2012, it launched its first-ever domestic carrier – the Type 001A – on 26 April 2017. The occasion was celebrated in China as a major achievement symbolic of China’s ‘great power’ status. Naval commander says no change in US policy on South China Sea
A senior U.S. naval commander says that US policy on the South China Sea has not shifted, despite uncertainty about President Trump’s response to...