Iran war exposes RN’s weakness
Britain's failure to deploy the Royal Navy to defend its sovereign bases on Cyprus – attacked by Hezbollah drones on 1 March – has...
China’s hospital-ship statecraft
By Malika Knapp*
Medical assistance and defence objectives are closely intertwined, with free treatment serving to normalise a foreign military presence while advancing China’s geopolitical...
AUKUS subs or none: Defence chief
Australia will be left with no submarines if it abandons the Aukus deal with the US and UK, a senior defence official has warned,...
31 ships, 19 nations in Fleet Review
Thirty one ships from 19 nations have conducted a ceremonial entry into Sydney Harbour on Saturday 26 March for the 2026 Exercise Kakadu Fleet...
Last Evolved class vessel delivered
Defence has accepted the tenth and final Evolved Cape class Patrol Boat for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), ADV Cape Hawke, in a ceremony...
Australia’s maritime vulnerability
By Jennifer Parker*
Paranoia about fuel supplies has suddenly entered Australia’s mainstream debate, as Canberra wakes up and starts counting how many frigates and destroyers...
UK to buy AUKUS tech from US
The government of the United Kingdom (UK) has requested to buy submarine combat and weapon systems, technical support, US and UK embedded personnel, and...
Where is Australia’s merchant fleet?
By Captain Peter Court*
Maintaining a navy without a merchant fleet is a little like maintaining an air force without a commercial aviation industry: one...
Fast, fluent, flawed: AI all at sea
By CMDR Paul D Pelczar, OAM, RAN*
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J....
Ukrainian drone wrecks Russian ship
A high-profile Russian security service vessel, designed for Arctic operations, has been struck by a Ukrainian drone while docked at the Vyborg shipyard near...