Largest ADF in 25 years
On 15 September it was announced that in the 2025-26 financial year, the ADF grew to its largest size in a quarter of a...
US funding Subic Bay shipyard repair expansion
By Aaron-Matthew Lariosa*
Washington is funding a project that will expand the maintenance and repair capability of a shipyard in the Philippines frequently used by...
US subs in WA ‘could have nuclear weapons’
US submarines that rotate through Western Australia under the AUKUS pact could be carrying nuclear weapons and Australia should welcome that, according to a...
Japan closer to nuclear submarines
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Friday reiterated that Japan is not ruling out acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, days after a U.S. Navy official offered...
R & M hits US submarines hard
Maintenance delays for U.S. Navy attack subs have resulted in boats that are frequently idle in port when they should be at sea, Defense...
Experts look at AUKUS progress
15th September 2026 marks five years since the announcement of the AUKUS trilateral defence partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United...
US shows value of uncrewed vessels
By Tom Sharpe*
This month (September 2026), Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced it had recovered an American uncrewed submarine at the entrance to the Strait of...
Australian Mogami production underway
Production of the long-lead items for the first of Australia’s Mogami-class frigates has begun in Japan, Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy has revealed,...
Small Chinese frigate big problem for Taiwan
China’s navy has introduced a new guided-missile frigate designed for coastal as well as open-sea attacks after 20 years in the making, according to...
AI and space fill maritime surveillance gap
By Vincent Kyle Parada and Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano*
Maritime surveillance has become Southeast Asia’s critical capability gap. Artificial intelligence combined with orbital surveillance technologies...