Australian missile developments
The Australian Government announced on 5 April that it has approved the accelerated acquisition of improved weapon capabilities for the Australian Defence Force (ADF)...
Russian frigate reported hit by Ukrainian missile
On 4 April a Ukrainian Presidential spokesman Alexey Arestovych announced that the Russian Admiral Grigorovich class frigate Admiral Essen was damaged by Ukrainian forces. It is...
Solomons breaking trust with its neighbours
In his statement to the Solomon Islands parliament on the draft security agreementbetween his country and Beijing, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stridently but disingenuously...
US Navy goes for off-the-shelf sonar
The U.S. Navy will end its work with Raytheon Technologies developing a sonar for littoral combat ships and frigates and will instead buy a...
Rules-based order and maritime security
By Abhijit Singh*
Maritime scholars and practitioners often wrestle with the question of what a “desirable” architecture for maritime security should be, and how must...
Budget: problem identified, but the solution?
By Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA*
The federal budget substantially bolstered Australia’s defence spending. But not enough was done to support development and diplomacy.
Last week’s federal...
Making sense of the missile announcements
By Marcus Hellyer*
The government delivered a barrage of missile announcements over the past couple of days. It’s not easy to distinguish what’s new from...
Grey zones, the Law of the Sea and the South China Sea
By Rob McLaughlin*
SYNOPSIS
In the pre-UN era, international law stipulated that unless a conflict situation between states was an armed conflict, competition and contest between...
The Falklands 40 years on
It is 40 years since the Falklands War began, but many who were there likely remember it as if it were yesterday, Forces Net reports.
Britain continues to...
Solomons: Chinese base possibility
By Malcolm Davis*
News that a draft security agreement between Solomon Islands and China may soon be formalised has raised concerns in Canberra that Beijing...