Chinese strike group in Philippine Sea
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike Group is now operating in the Philippine Sea, marking the first time this year that the...
UK’s defence role in the Pacific
Following the election of Keir Starmer, Britain is now led by its first Labour government in 14 years. This change in leadership raises questions...
Without US, on whom could Australia depend?
The dystopian world in which Australia would plough its own lonely furrow in the aftermath of an American collapse into itself is hard to...
Senkakus: Japan and US must lift their game
When the People’s Republic of China wants something, it is persistent and pushes to get what it wants. And it’s willing to use force if...
US Wasp enters eastern Med
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between...
Time for pact with Indonesia
By Sam Roggeveen*
Australia is lucky to have Indonesia as a close neighbour. It’s true that Jakarta is often prickly. Indonesia has never been benign...
Gaza aid pier removed, may not go back
The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S....
June 2024: most US naval combat since WWII
Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen struck multiple civilian cargo vessels in the Red Sea in June, sinking one and prompting the Navy to rescue...
China fiinds US submarine detector in SCS
China's coast guard found a submarine detection device dropped by a US Navy aircraft somewhere in the South China Sea, a state broadcaster reported,...
NATO’s critical naval Ukraine role
During the opening ceremony of Exercise Sea Breeze at Glasgow’s King George V Dock, UK Defence Journal spoke with Rear Admiral Thomas Wall, Commander...