Defence spending unaffected by Covid
By Marus Hellyer*
The big question heading into the defence strategic update that Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched yesterday was what impact the Covid-19 crisis...
How Japan deals with Chinese undersea fleet
Japanese forces chased a Chinese submarine out of Japanese waters on Thursday. Officials in Tokyo characterized the sub’s infiltration as part of China’s escalating...
More Arctic naval co-operation sought
The head of U.S. naval forces in Europe would like to see more coordination and more dialogue in the Arctic, where military and commercial...
Defence should innovate its way to future
By John Conway and Dougal Robertson
Finding a balance between encouraging Australia’s domestic manufacturing to ensure supply-chain security for critical sectors and not violating free-trade...
US sea-based nuclear deterrent in a new era
By Thomas Mahnken and Bryan Clark
The US undersea deterrent is the most survivable leg of America’s nuclear triad of ground-, air- and sea-based nuclear...
Defence budget in time of Covid
By Marcus Hellyer*
In the first post in this series, I noted that, so far, the government remains committed to the 10-year defence funding line...
Sovereign capability should be new normal
Amidst a year of unprecedented global turmoil, the looming update to the national White Paper poses a unique opportunity to overhaul outdated practices and...
Four US combat commands to test homeland defence
For the first time, four U.S. combatant commands are coming together this week for an exercise that simulates how the military would respond to...
All bases are not equal in the defence of Australia
By John Caligan*
I read with interest the recent Strategist posts by John Coyne and Graeme Dunk in which they apparently took different stands on...
Nuclear subs and US strategy
By James J. Wirtz*
Today is an age of acceleration, a time when Moore’s Law is creating profound changes at diminishing intervals, making it difficult...