Australia’s West Coast Navy: the rise of HMAS Stirling
Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe and Mitchell Sutton look at the increasing importance of HMAS Stirling, the largest naval base in Australia, and the only one on the country’s western seaboard. FoN exercise in South China Sea should be routine: Beazley
FORMER Defence Minister and Labor leader Kim Beazley says Australia should conduct routine freedom of navigation exercises through the contested waters of the South...
Photos from the recent International Fleet Review in India
Photos from the recent International Fleet Review in India. photographs by Michael Nitz of NAVAL PRESS SERVICE. China gearing for East Asia dominance: US commander
CHINA is "changing the operational landscape" in the South China Sea by deploying missiles and radar as part of an effort to militarily dominate...
Italy sending Russia a new nuclear waste transport vessel to haul submarine reactors
AN Italian barge and floating dock designed for Russia to further assist in transporting Soviet legacy nuclear waste to safe storage will soon be...
Naval Academy students learning to sail by the stars (again)
FOR centuries, sailors used sextants to plot their location on the trackless sea, lining up stars in the sky to find their own place...
Inside the US Navy’s radical plan for ‘Moore’s law’ warships
THE US Navy’s next generation surface combatants will be developed with information technologies baked into the core of their designs. While the Navy’s current generation of warships like the Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers use digital information technology, they were designed in a different era when technology did not evolve as rapidly as today. The next generation replacement for those vessels will have to incorporate digital-information technologies from the outset – and will have to keep pace with rapid technical advancements, Dave Majumdar writes. Special 20% discount for ANI members. British Carrier Strike Fleet
The new Seaforth Publication The British Carrier Strike Fleet by Commander David Hobbs, RN (Rtd) comprises one comprehensive volume with more than 600...
1965. Konfrontasi/Confrontation
LCDR HAA (Bert) Twiddy, RN, commanding officer of HMS Invermoriston, on a wartime patrol off Singapore in 1965, at the height of the Confrontation with Indonesia. Civilian in the middle possibly his Navy Minister, either Mallalieu or Mayhew. Bren gun mounted with some spare clips in the ready use locker. Note look-out with bow-wave on his cap. Indian PM’s address at International Fleet Review 2016 Visakhapatnam
INDIAN P.M. seeks peace and co-operation at International Fleet Review.