HMAS Canberra work an Australian first
The recent completion of HMAS Canberra’s maintenance is the first time an operation on such a scale had been performed in Australia, Contact Air Sea and...
China has world’s biggest navy. Now what?
In 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping donned military fatigues and boarded a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer in the South China Sea. Spread out...
Loyal Wingman’s successful test
By Marcus Hellyer
With the ongoing gloom hanging around Australia’s future submarine program and signs that the future frigate is facing some big problems, it’s...
South Korea’s unnecessary aircraft carrier
By Bradley Perrett*
South Korea daily faces a risk of cataclysmic war: invasion by an army of more than 1 million, mass artillery bombardment of its...
What will Australia do to defend rules-based order?
By Sam Roggeveen*
Australia faces “the biggest foreign and security policy challenge of all: defending ourselves and our interests without the help of the United...
Covid hits US ships in Mid-East
A dozen troops on an amphibious transport dock ship and several more on a guided-missile cruiser have tested positive for the illness caused by...
Nimitz almost home after long deployment
After heading over the horizon last April, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to upend life across America, the aircraft carrier Nimitz and...
US destroyer moves through Taiwan Strait
A U.S. destroyer moved through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the Navy announced.
“The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) conducted a...
Report to Congress on Ford carrier program
Congress, as part of its action on the Navy’s FY2021 budget, provided a total of $2,565.4 million (i.e., about $2.6 billion), including $71.0...
Big defence spending still on track
By Marcus Hellyer*
The Australian government has released its mid-year budget update in the form of the portfolio additional estimates statements. If you’re looking for...