Shipping BlueScope steel to Spain for naval ship build
BlueScope steel will be used to build one of Australia’s new naval ships, the country’s defence department has revealed. The steel, produced at BlueScope’s...
Is Trump’s 350-ship Navy on the rocks?
By BRYAN MCGRATH
CAMPAIGN promises are pesky things. President Donald Trump is finding it difficult to deliver on his promise to increase the size...
Shipbuilding Plan ‘dropped from the sky’ says SA
By Patrick Durrant*
While welcoming the release last week of the Federal Government's Naval Shipbuilding Plan, SA Minister for Defence Industry Martin Hamilton-Smith has said...
Geography and the coming Sino-American war at sea
Soon, steel-hulled ships will clash in battle. Missiles belching fire will rise quickly from launch tubes, rapidly gathering speed and maneuverability before slamming into enemy vessels at supersonic speeds. Sailors will die, ships will sink and nations will either rise or fall. Although the time of the battle remains hidden, the site of the battles are known all too well. US Navy ships still don’t have enough sailors: report
The US government's watchdog is calling out the Navy for continuing to underman its ships years after the official demise of "optimal manning" initiatives...
Xi ‘warned Philippines of war over South China Sea’
China’s president warned the Philippines that it would go to war if Manila insisted on enforcing an international arbitration decision rejecting China’s claims over...
Are we adrift in the South China Sea
By MACK WILLIAMS*
While Washington is paralysed by alleged White House scandal the US has taken its eye off the South China Sea. Continuing developments...
Can the US give offshore balancing a chance
The United States can gradually shift toward acting as an offshore balancer in Europe, Northeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf until the international setting changes requiring Washington to react more aggressively, Aaron Richards argues.
Singapore’s navy celebrates 50
In total 48 guest naval ships attended the 50th anniversary of the Singapore navy all moored alongside the RSS SINGAPURA naval base, including some large units as the flagship of the Royal Thai navy the 911 CHAKRI NARUEBET, the brand-new Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter carrier DDH 183 IZUMO and the impressive Russian Slava class (Soviet designation Project 1164 Atlant) cruiser SLAVA which vessel arrived from her home base. Russian Latvian presence ‘confrontational’
The past months have seen a significant increase in Russian military activity across Europe, including the Baltic Sea.