AUKUS under greater cyber threat: ASIO
Foreign intelligence agencies will increase their targeting and sabotage of defence personnel, industry and AUKUS, according to a recent speech by the head of...
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...
Norway, UK monitor Russian aggression
Norway and the United Kingdom have declared to kickstart work towards a deeper and more ambitious defence agreement, the Barents Observer reports.
"We share the...
America’s ‘Cultural Revolution’ hits the US Navy
By Peter Jones*
On Friday 21 February the Trump Administration’s ‘cultural revolution’ hit the Pentagon with the removal of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs...
Chinese live fire off Australian coast
An Emirates flight from Sydney to Christchurch was directly warned by the Chinese military to avoid airspace on Friday morning, before Chinese vessels were...
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 donates hydrographic vessel
The Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka handed over a Kongsberg EM2042 shallow water multi-beam echo sounder to the Sri Lanka Navy Hydrographic Service...
Taiwan opts for satellite back-up
By Jane Rickards*
Taiwan is paying attention to seabed risks. It’s suffered undersea cable breaks and it has noted deliberate attacks on such communications lines...
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...
UK ships ‘charging at’ submarines
HMS Somerset has been honing its anti-submarine warfare skills in the Norwegian fjords, charging at allied submarines at full speed as part of Exercise...