$4.3bn for WA large vessel dry berth
The Australian Government says it will invest up to $4.3 billion to deliver WA’s first large-vessel dry berth, Australian Defence Magazine reports.
The Henderson dry-dock...
US Marines need ships
Fewer Marines than in recent history have spent time aboard ship. For those who transited the world’s oceans to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan,...
US Navy finanalises RIMPAC planning
The U.S. Navy and 26 partners and allies have concluded a final planning conference for this year’s Rim of the Pacific exercise, the largest...
US Navy can decommission five cruisers
The Navy is clear to decommission five Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers following the passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 defense appropriations bill, USNI News understands.
The...
100 years of carriers in US Navy
Aircraft carriers joined the Navy fleet 100 years ago this month (March 2022), the Navy Times reports.
“For 100 years aircraft carriers have been the...
Russian deterrence missions by the dozen
For the longest stretch in decades, the Mediterranean Sea has played host to the deafening roar of U.S. carrier aircraft launching into Europe, the...
No time to waste money on armoured vehicles
By Michael Shoebridge*
It’s disturbing to see $18–27 billion of Australian government money about to be spent on more than 400 heavily armoured ‘infantry fighting...
US considers alternatives to unmanned boats
The U.S. Navy is nearly done assessing whether to put missile tubes on an unmanned surface vessel, comparing the idea to other options for...
China’s undersea gliders with ears
By Ryan D. Martinson*
Today, Chinese underwater gliders operate throughout the Indo-Pacific, from the Bay of Bengal to the Bering Sea, from high seas to...
Trilateral training boosts regional security
The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Arunta and a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft recently joined US Navy destroyer USS...