Russian Pacific Fleet activity increases
In 2021 the Russian Pacific Fleet increased its activity levels by 30-50% over the previous year. For the first time in recent memory an...
Chinese Naval Task Group escort shipping in Gulf of Aden
A PLA-N task group consisting of the guided-missile destroyer Urumqi, guided-missile frigate Yantai and the replenishment ship Taihu is operating in the Gulf of...
Pumice gums up US expeditionary ship
The brand-new expeditionary sea base ship Miguel Keith was nearly sidelined last month after debris from a massive undersea volcanic eruption gummed up vital...
A re-think on AUKUS and subs
By Sam Roggeveen*
I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that AUKUS – the tripartite defence technology agreement which promises to deliver at least eight...
RN’s shortcomings highlighted
Britain’s parliamentary Defence Committee has fired a broadside at the government, raising significant concerns about the future size and capabilities of the Royal Navy...
Expanding threat spectrum for surface ships
By Sam Goldsmith*
The threat spectrum for surface combatants — ships that can engage air, surface, subsurface and shore targets — is rapidly expanding and...
Damaged sub Connecticut arrives in US
The secretive, damaged and pricey fast-attack submarine Connecticut, which struck an undersea mountain in October, pulled into San Diego Sunday after transiting from Guam,...
Implementing Australia’s nuclear submarine program
ASPI is releasing a new report ‘Implementing Australia’s nuclear submarine program’ by Andrew Nicholls, Jackson Dowie and Dr Marcus Hellyer. This report analyses the decision space available...
AUKUS and collective seapower
AUKUS: A personal view by David Hobbs
The AUKUS agreement capitalises on the intimate and long-standing links that exist between the three navies and their nations'...
Commissioning of USS Daniel Inouye
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest guided-missile destroyer, USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) on 8 December at Pearl Harbor. More than 1,000 guests including service...