Nuclear subs: learning from South Korea
By Euan Graham*
Australia and South Korea are both acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines, a parallel step-change in their conventional deterrent capability. Though their discrete pathways...
AUKUS: staying in elite submarine group
AUKUS Pillar One will keep Australia in a shrinking group of countries operating submarines in coming decades, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles told the...
China’s submarine-building dominance
By H I Sutton*
More countries are building and operating submarines today than at any point in modern history. Yet amid this global expansion, China...
Canada and Australia’s different submarine paths
By John Harvey*
Canada and Australia are natural comparators: sparsely populated, resource-rich, English-speaking Westminster democracies on continent-sized landmasses, with maritime approaches out of all proportion...
UK strike group under NATO command in Arctic
The United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, led by HMS Prince of Wales, is operating under NATO command in support of the alliance’s enhanced Vigilance...
Making public case for naval strategy
Today the US may have the political conditions necessary to build a larger Navy, but it lacks a publicly articulated maritime strategy, argues naval...
Russian faults in yacht near-miss incident
By Tom Sharpe*
The Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich firing warning shots across the bow of the British yacht Bright Future on June 16 was not...
The military learning deficit in the West
Technological advances will not change the essential nature of war. Fighting will never be an antiseptic engineering exercise. It will always be a bloody...
Australian role in Canada’s submarines
Australian specialist battery manufacturer PMB Defence has been selected to supply batteries for one of the contenders for Canada’s new diesel electric submarines, Australian...
UK Defence Chief’s warning on funding
The UK Chief of the Defence Staff has said the Armed Forces will have to dial back operations and exercises if they don't get...