AUKUS: politics, strategy and submarines
By Dr John Bruni and CDRE Pat Tyrrell OBE RN (Ret’d)*
For all the fanfare surrounding the announcement of AUKUS in September 2021, there are...
Evolution of PLA-N explained
Here is a link to a 20 minute analytical documentary video looking at the evolution of Chinese military and Naval capability from pre WWII...
Registrations open for Goldrick seminar
Registrations for the Australian Naval Institute's annual Goldrick seminar on 21-22 September are open. It is a major maritime defence conference with distinguished international and...
USS Cole victims get justice
For victims whose lives were forever changed by the evil deeds of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the drone strike last weekend that killed the 71-year-old terrorist...
A STROL in the dark
By Lieutenant Nancy Cotton
HMAS Canberra is training at night, recovering and launching embarked United States Marine MV-22B Osprey aircraft on the flight deck during...
Indian Navy’s first all-woman aircrew
On 3 August five aircrew officers of the Indian Navy's INAS 314 based at Naval Air Enclave, Porbandar, completed the first all-women maritime reconnaissance...
Defence Strategic Review
On 3 August Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a team headed by former Defence Minister, Professor the Honourable Stephen Smith and former CDF Air...
China sends missiles to Taiwan waters
China conducted “precision missile strikes” Thursday in the Taiwan Strait and in the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan as part of military...
A more lethal multinational naval force
Planners of this year’s Rim of the Pacific naval exercise inserted first-of-kind events to challenge navies large and small, seeking to create a multinational...
‘Stolen’ Ukrainian grain seized
Lebanon has seized a ship loaded with barley and wheat flour while it determines whether the cargo may have been stolen from Ukraine, said...













