Russia pushing the northern route
Four vessels from Russia's Northern Fleet have set out from Kola Bay on a voyage lasting several months through the icy Arctic waters, the...
US considers foreign ships
The White House and U.S. Navy are considering frigate designs from South Korea, Japan and Turkey for a new class of warships, USNI News...
Japan & Singapore Conduct Exercise Singapan
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) concluded Exercise Singapan, a bilateral naval exercise between the two countries....
$8b needed after Epic Fury, US Navy chief says
Amid combat operations and related efforts to clear mines and open sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, all while sustaining a naval blockade,...
Importance of the human factor
By Eleanor Gaudion and Michael Posey*
American maritime strategy in the South China Sea often starts by counting ships. Planners must keep enough hulls forward...
Indonesia gets Italian carrier
The decommissioned Italian aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi has set sail for its new home in Indonesia as the Southeast Asian country prepares to operate...
AUKUS: abandon case not made out
The following is the executive summary of the submission by Professor John Blaxland* to the non-government AUKUS Public Inquiry.
AUKUS – A Controversial & Consequential...
The AUKUS sovereignty conundrum
Michael Hickey and James Fitzgerald*
Australia must exploit ambiguity in its sovereignty narrative to enable AUKUS. The Garrett Enquiry is energising the Australian public to...
The armyfication of the US Navy
By Eric Lies*
The United States Navy has set a course that will see it morph into an army on the sea. The differentiating factors...
Reels and Reflections: 40 Years in the RAN
By CAPT Paul D Pelczar, OAM RAN*
By the year of my enlistment, HMAS Melbourne — the flat top — had already been decommissioned, taking...