RNZAF conducts maritime surveillance of Pitcairn Islands
New Zealand provided assistance to the United Kingdom by supporting the UK Blue Belt marine conservation program. A RNAF P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft...
Defence Industry Development Strategy released
On 29 February the Commonwealth Government released its long-awaited Defence Industry Development Strategy (DIDS). It said it was “a master plan that defines the...
Taiwan’s first indigenous submarine
Taiwan's first Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS), Hai Kun (SS-711) , was launched today at the CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung, Naval News reports.
In the morning...
Growing undersea threats
The way that maritime drones are reshaping naval warfare is becoming clear in the Black Sea. But the extent to which their underwater cousins,...
Plugging surface capability gap
By Euan Graham*
Released 10 months after the defence strategic review (DSR), the annexed and long-awaited review of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet...
SNN Aukus at the back of the queue
By Peter Briggs*
The SSN AUKUS ‘optimal pathway’ calls for the UK to build the first of the nuclear powered and conventionally armed attack submarines...
NZ could join Australian frigate program
By Euan Graham*
Last week’s unveiling of the expansionary blueprint for Australia’s future naval surface fleet brings with it a golden opportunity to revive defence...
Large step towards geographic reality
By Jennifer Parker*
Australia has a proud history of defending our nation, but our maritime history is often missing from this discourse, a strange omission...
China opens fifth Antarctic base
When China opened its fifth research station in Antarctica this month, analysts sounded alarm bells about potential security threats on Australia's southern doorstep, the...
A big risk in naval changes
At the heart of the Albanese government’s navy overhaul is a fundamental risk assessment: Australia does not face the prospect of a major conflict...