World Naval Developments – October 2015
Norman Friedman compares the Perry and LCS frigates, now the last Perry class has been decommissioned. CN outlines future plans for RAN
The Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, outlined plans for the future of the Royal Australian Navy in a speech to the Naval...
Britain’s maritime power — of lack of it
Admiral Lord West of Spithead looks at the history of British maritime power and its economic importance. The full speech is here. The other deep-water battleground
THE Indian Ocean may be the only ocean named for a country, but it’s still heavily contested territory. Both China and India, who have major strategic interests there, are suspicious of each other. Their struggle for leadership in the “emerging world” will play out for decades and all around the globe, but today the Indian Ocean is Ground Zero. Ausindex-2015: Australia pivots to the Indian Ocean
By Dr Gurpreet S. Khurana*
IN mid-September 2015, Australia and India held their first-ever bilateral naval exercise, AUSINDEX-2015. The week-long exercise in the Bay of Bengal, has a far-reaching import, and highlights Australia’s national-strategic reorientation in recent years. The politics of alliance: managing the US relationship
Mike Fogarty analyses the politics of an alliance, between Australia and America. That is, the dynamics associated with managing the defence and security components of our overall geo-strategic relationship with the United States. Australian submarine history 2nd ed out now
The second edition of Australian Submarines: A History is to be published shortly. The book, by
Dr Michael White QC, Adjunct Professor, Maritime and Shipping Law Unit, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, comprises two large volumes with some 1,700 pages. You can order from this page. A Guide to Evaluating SDSR 2015
By Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon, General Sir Michael Rose and Vice-Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham
UK National Defence Association* commentary
THERE is no more important...
USS Theodore Roosevelt ops against IS
The USS Theodore Roosevelt is a key element of the US-led coalition known as Operation Inherent Resolve that is targeting militants in Syria and Iraq. This island of steel in the Persian Gulf, some 1,090 feet (330 meters) long, is home to 5,000 US Navy aviators, sailors and Marine pilots, and carries about 70 aircraft. Indian warship Kochi commissioned
NAVAL warship INS Kochi, the largest-ever warship to be built in India, was commissioned in early October by defence minister Manohar Parrikar at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.