Extremely capable Chinese ships: NZ
New Zealand’s defence minister has warned that Chinese warships located off the east coast of Australia are armed with “extremely capable” weapons that could...
N Korea objects to US N-sub visit
North Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the United States is again posing a grave security threat by sending a nuclear submarine to a...
Australia and PNG prepare defence treaty
A half-century after gaining independence from Australia, the Pacific island state of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia are negotiating what the two sides...
The case for UK’s nuclear naval upgrade
In this article, we counter some of the arguments frequently presented by those campaigning for the UK to abandon its nuclear deterrent, Navy Lookout...
Chinese ships off Sydney coast
The Australian Defence Force is monitoring three Chinese navy ships which are understood to be sailing east of Sydney. According to a Defence Department...
Taiwan: short war a delusion
By Walker Mills*
The last two presidential administrations have presided over a shift to an increasingly confrontational relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...
Chinese fighter releases flares near RAAF plane
A Chinese fighter aircraft released flares in front of an Australian military plane during what Defence describes as an "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction in...
China’s exploitative fishing fleet
Chinese fishing research vessels are scouting the Arabian Sea. The two research vessels are expected to glean information that will, in the future, support...
China in Pacific: UK admiral’s warning
Western countries should avoid pressuring Pacific Island nations from making a binary choice between working with China or the United States and its allies,...
Sanctions shatter Russian LNG project
Novatek's LNG construction center outside Murmansk is left in the dark as contractors and subcontractors abandon the plant.
There used to be up 15,000 workers...