All four Canadian subs operational for first time
FOR the first time ever all four of Canada’s Victoria class diesel-electric submarines are operational, the Strategy Page reports. Thus seventeen years after...
Can China Rise Peacefully? What Does History Suggest?
By Jake Bebber
JOHN J. Mearsheimer concludes his book, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, with the chapter "Can China Rise Peacefully?" This is certainly...
Indonesia seeks foreign investors for port expansion
INDONESIA is seeking US$7 billion in foreign investment to upgrade its ports as part of a five-year, Rp5,519.4 trillion (US$429 million) plan to improve...
Safer Copter-ship system in place
A YEAR and a half after a fatal 2013 mishap when a chock and chained MH-60S Sea Hawk was swept off the flight deck...
China-India military competition heats up
CHINA and India, the world’s two most populous states, share the world’s longest contested land border. The two nations also have the dubious distinction...
Russian defence industry emerging
RUSSIA'S defense industry is slowly but surely pulling itself out of its post-Soviet doldrums. Today, Richard Weitz outlines
1) the domestic and foreign policy factors that have contributed to its resurgence, and
2) how the Ukraine crisis and Western sanctions might yet derail the progress that has been made.
Russian help for Chinese warships?
A REPORT published by a Russian military news website on March 1 suggests that China's most advanced frigate, the Type 054 multirole warship along...
Tenders for 21 Australian patrol boats
IN A first, small step to save the (Australian) naval shipbuilding industry, the Abbott government has called for tenders to build 21 patrol boats...
ANI Annual General Meeting 2015
THE Annual General Meeting of the Australian Naval Institute will be held on Tuesday 31 March 2015 in the R1 Theatrette, Russell Offices, Russell...
Clyde naval base’s spike in nuclear incidents
THERE has been a sharp rise in the number of 'nuclear safety events' at the Clyde naval base in Scotland, with official records showing...



