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Norman Friedman warns that Russian triumphalism means it is not time to go for nuclear disarmament.

By Michael Evans Executive Summary This paper argues that, despite being the world’s largest island, the greatest paradox of Australia’s existence is that the...

The defence of our nations’ legitimacy, authority and credibility in the 21st century depends on our ability to project strategic lethal force over, on and beneath the sea, CN tells US conference.

Address to the ASPI Australia Future Surface Fleet Conference Canberra, 31 March 2015. Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, AO, CSC, RAN I WOULD like...

By Robert Cuthbert Blake THE story of HMS Ocean has probably not yet been fully told – from humble origins as a sea transport Ro-Ro vessel to get an Embarked Military Force (consisting of British Army / UK and Netherland Royal Marines) on their one-way ticket to Norway (and hopefully back) after 30 days, to Flagship of the Royal Navy.

By Thomas Bennett LLB MSc (Oxon) SOMALIA remains a failed state. Poverty, the absence of enforced law and psychopathy masquerading as a just cause foments an environment where money for gain, or money to finance terror, means that piracy in The Indian Ocean has not gone away.

By The Hon Kevin Andrews MP, Minister for Defence THE Abbott Government is committed to a sustainable Australian naval shipbuilding industry. Sadly, years of...

THE roundtable of international shipping associations comprising BIMCO, ICS, Intercargo and INTERTANKO are developing standards and guidelines to address the major cyber security issues...

By Clay Dillow SPEAKING at the Navy’s Sea-Air-Space technology expo outside Washington D.C., Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced that he’ll soon be making...

SAM GOLDSMITH analyses three possible options for a better surface combatant mix for the RAN. In considerable technical detail, this forensic examination is essential reading for naval personnel and anyone concerned with getting the best force for Australia’s future. The full paper is RAN SURFACE FLEET Ahere.