Australia should offer South Pacific what China can’t
By Michael Shoebridge*
The new Australian government has thought hard about the South Pacific and is already repairing the gap between Australian policy and South...
Russia’s naval food blockade
Newly declassified U.S. intelligence shows that a Russian naval blockade has halted maritime trade at Ukrainian ports, in what world leaders call a deliberate...
Albania offers naval base to Nato
Albania has offered Nato the use of a Soviet naval base “in these dangerous times,” country has announced, the Independent reports.
Prime Minister Edi Rama...
Austal delivers 15th Guardian Class patrol boat
Austal Australia has delivered the 15th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence.
The vessel, Te Kukupa II, was then gifted by...
The impact of a maritime perspective on land wars
By Norman Friedman*
The ocean is the greatest of all highways. It is much easier to move a ton of goods from Shanghai to Los...
HMAS Supply’s tribute to ancient culture
The crew of HMAS Supply has put a twist on the tradition of ships naming their main passageway after a major street in the...
RAN, RNZN help rescue SW Pacific mariners
In three incidents the RAN and the RNZAF played leading roles in rescuing mariners in the SW Pacific.
In the first incident on 21 May,...
RN looks a commercial tankers to refuel
The Royal Navy has announced that they have been exploring the idea of NATO naval vessels using commercial tankers to supply fuel to warships...
RN retires two Hunter submarines
The Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines HMS Talent and HMS Trenchant were decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 20 May, Naval Today reports.
HMS Trenchant’s...
Dual-use hint in China-Solomons deal
By Anastasia Kapetas*
A reading of some of the headlines on China’s new security deal with Solomon Islands might give the impression that a Chinese naval...