China takes advantage on cables
By Sadia Rahman*
Technological competition between the United States and China is transforming the physical connections that make up the digital world and its governance....
China permanently in Cambodia
China's naval vessels are now permanently deployed at Cambodia's Ream Naval Base, a leading expert has told Newsweek.
The base has come back into focus...
Royal Navy joins effort to build Gaza Pier
On 26 April it was announced that the Royal Navy support ship RFA Cardigan Bay is sailing from Cyprus to provide support to an...
Pillar II is making progress
By Tom Corben and Sophie Mayo*
Compared with evident progress on Australia’s future submarine capabilities under Pillar 1, analysts have often decried a lack of...
Export rules relaxed for AUKUS
The United States Department of Commerce has announced that Australia and the United Kingdom are being provided with a national exemption from the Export...
FONOPs: persuade not assert
The Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) program run by the US Department of Defense has become a symbol of China-US naval competition and of...
US marines take delivery of Aussie boats
On April 11, 2024, The Whiskey Project Group (TWPG), an Australian manufacturer of tactical and specialized boats, announced having delivered the first two 11-meter...
Taiwan’s 24nm combat command
The Republic of China Navy's new littoral combat command will be tasked with defending Taiwan's territorial waters extending 24 nautical miles, Naval News reports.
The...
AUKUS: opposition to NZ and Japan
The tripartite defense agreement known as AUKUS should remain the province of Australia, Britain and the United States and should not welcome New Zealand...
US ships shoot down Iranian missiles
USS Carney (DDG-64) and USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) shot down between four and six Iranian-launched ballistic missiles, a senior military official told reporters last week,...