AUKUS: ‘hubris’ still shocks some
On 15 September 2021, Prime Minister Scott Morrison joined his British counterpart Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden to announce AUKUS. In so...
RAN and Saab sign partnership deal
The RAN has signed the final stage of the Enterprise Partnering Agreement (EPA) with Saab Australia for the surface fleet's combat management system, Australian Defence...
Defence review: the certainty of uncertainty
By Shane Caughey*
A key task for those carrying out the government’s defence strategic review is to consider the ability of the Australian Defence Force...
Naval fraudster on the run
The military contractor who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal and was under house arrest in San Diego is now on...
Pay for the defence big ticket items
Recent public debate has yielded a long list of expensive new defence capabilities to acquire, but few ideas on how to pay for them.
The...
China’s exponential warship trajectory
China is “exponentially” increasing its warship capability and has reportedly re-started mass production of guided-missile destroyers, the Guardian reports.
The Chinese Communist party-controlled newspaper, the...
Climate big feature in NZ upgrade
Planes, ships, troops, satellites, drones and tanks: as New Zealand's Defence Minister Ron Mark announced, nearly every major item gets an upgrade, RNZ reports.
The...
US Coast Guard tests new roles
For the first time, a U.S. Coast Guard national security cutter oversaw American and foreign navy ships during high-end military drills, including an anti-submarine...
ANI Releases a report on Protecting Australian Maritime Trade
The ANI and the Naval Studies Group at the University of New South Wales Canberra have released the report 2022 Protecting Australian Maritime Trade. It...
FON key to new UK maritime strategy
The United Kingdom today published a new five-year maritime strategy that focuses on improving freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific while also “officially ...