Australia should make long-range missiles
By Graeme Dunk*
In a recent article on this forum, Peter Dean argued that a rethink of the Australian Defence Force’s land-based strike requirements is...
Understanding the price of military equipment
By Marcus Hellyer*
Confusion reigns in discussions about the cost of the Department of Defence’s equipment projects. Whether we’re talking about media articles, parliamentary committee hearings,...
New mine and cyber research efforts
Naval Group Belgium inaugurated two new research and development laboratories in Brussels this week, focusing on novel mine countermeasures and cybersecurity, Defense News reports.
Officials...
Doubt cast on unmanned surface vessel
The US Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday has cast doubt on whether the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel will have a place in...
Indonesian naval modernisation
On 20 April President Joko Widodo was present at PT Pal Shipyard in Surabaya for the announcements of both reforms to the commercial arrangements...
Construction begins on British Type 31 frigates
The keel was laid down in Rosyth of Venturer, the first general purpose Type 31 Inspiration class frigate. At 6,000 tonnes the Type 31...
Ararat trains with Ocean Protector
The crew of HMAS Ararat recently conducted interoperability activities with Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Ocean Protector while deployed near the remote Australian territory of...
Chinese aircraft carrier video
The PLA-N has released a six minute promotional video featuring flight operations off the aircraft carrier Liaoning. The link to the video is at: http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/view/2022-04/28/content_10151224.htm
Axe Hunter class, former RAN chief says
By David Shackleton*
In 2009, Australia’s government decided that it would replace eight Anzac-class frigates with nine ships optimised for anti-submarine warfare (ASW). There was...
New UK frigate under construction
A collection of videos and photographs show the current state of HMS Glasgow as the Type 26 Frigate is being built by BAE Systems...