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The Philippine defense chief (pictured) has said that he told the US military that plans for joint patrols and naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea have been put on hold, the first concrete break in defense cooperation after months of increasingly strident comments by the country's new president.

By Norman Friedman* In September, North Korea held its fifth nuclear test, the estimated yield being 30 kilotons, the greatest to date (estimates vary).

Obituary: GEOFFREY LOOSLI 1926 - 2016 (Executive Officer of HMAS Anzac and naval attache in Washington).

By Jan Musil* Rather than the usual discussion of what the U.S. Navy has and how to get Congress to fund more and better ships...

By Bob Hein* Imagine a day sometime in the near future where tensions between the United States and Russia are high and ships are at sea; ready to strike each other at a moment’s notice if given the word.

By Javier Gonzalez* The U.S. Navy is currently working on a new Fleet Structure Assessment, the results of which will eventually help inform the long-term force structure goals of the Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan.

By Steve Wills* Navies have historically sought alternative force structures in response to changes in their nation’s grand strategy, rising costs of maintaining existing force...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Pentagon terms-of-the-moment go, Anti-Access-Area Denial has been on the forefront of strategic conversation across the services and military academia for...

The two 19,500-tonne oilers, ordered under an AUD642 million (USD471.4 million) contract placed in May 2016, will replace the RAN's two current AORs HMAS...

By Jon Stanford* The Turnbull government’s decision on the future submarine (FSM) represents bad policy. It is bad for the Navy, bad for the taxpayer and bad for the future defence of Australia. Given the key role the FSM is meant to play in the future of the naval shipbuilding industry, it is also bad news for South Australia.