Articles

JAPAN moves to allow military co-operation. Norman Friedman looks at the implications in his monthly review of world naval developments.

By Peter Jones* AFTER forty years of publishing a hard copy of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute, Headmark, our organization had decided to...

In stationing a new generation multi-role vessel at La Réunion when it enters into service in 2017, France has signalled its continuing commitment to the Indian Ocean Region with a vessel that will significantly aid the capabilities of the Marine Nationale in the south-western Indian Ocean.

In mid-March 2015, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Coast Guard published its new strategy “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready.” This article looks at the new strategy through the prism of Germany, one of the leading industrial powers in the world and a country dependent on unhindered maritime trade routes.

Sam Goldsmith looks in meticulous detail at the design options for the RAN’s future submarine.

By Sally DeBoer* THE United States is undeniably reliant on its robust space-based architecture for both military and commercial operations. Having invested heavily in space for more than forty years now, the United States enjoys what RAND’s Benjamin Lambeth calls “asymmetric advantages” commensurate with that investment. Unprotected and largely unaddressed by international legislation, however, these advantages could quickly become “asymmetric vulnerabilities” were they disabled, destroyed, or otherwise disrupted.

Dr Brendan Nelson, Director of the Australian War Memorial Vice Admiral Peter Jones, President of the Australian Naval Institute, Darren Chester Parliamentary Secretary to...

By Dmitry Filipoff* “The U.S.-Chinese military balance in the Pacific could nevertheless influence day-to-day choices made by other Pacific countries, including choices on whether to...

By Tom Nichols* RUSSIAN defense minister Sergei Shoigu announced recently that Russia is going to begin production of the Tu-160, a Soviet-era bomber known as...

Brendan Nelson .....