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UK’s Strategic Defence Review 2025

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The UK Government has released its Strategic Defence Review 2025: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad 2025. In the Introduction to the...

Defence Chief speaks of budget choices

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The Australian Defence Organisation’s budget is under pressure, and Defence must make choices, Admiral David Johnston, the chief of the defence force, said on...

Don’t spend more, spend differently

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By Sam Roggeveen* There is near universal agreement that Australia should spend more money on defence. The big political parties want to spend more. The...

UK defence review analysis

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The UK released on 2 June 2025 an ambitious defense review, reorienting its armed forces toward “warfighting readiness” to deter Russian aggression, Breaking Defense...

Ukraine: small craft, big impact

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By David Kirichenko* Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 shocked the international order. What surprised the world even more was Ukraine’s ability to resist....

First submarine uncrewed launch and retrieval

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According to information published on the Facebook account of the U.S. Commander of Submarine Forces on May 30, 2025, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS...

Technology key to US ship-building fix

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For years, policymakers, journalists, and even casual observers have bemoaned the state of U.S. public and private naval shipyards; it is no surprise to...

First Type 31 frigate rolled out

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The Royal Navy’s first-in-class Type 31 frigate, HMS Venturer, has officially rolled out from the build hall at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard — a major...

Norway ambivalent on Russian fishing spies

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Russian fishing vessels are mapping critical infrastructure and conducting human intelligence gatherings in Norwegian waters. The government is well-informed about the spying, sources tell...

Combined task force in huge drug seizure

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On 29 May it was announced that the Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) made its highest value drug bust of the year, seizing...