US should station a new First Fleet on our northern coast
By Salvatore Babones*
With China on the march and incoming US president Joe Biden pledging to work with allies to counter it, no American ally...
Russian n-sub tests ICBMs
A Russian nuclear submarine on Saturday successfully test-fired four intercontinental ballistic missiles in a show of readiness of Moscow’s nuclear forces amid tension with...
All three Hobart class in exercise
Royal Australian Navy’s three Hobart-class destroyers have exercised together for the first time, demonstrating their cooperative-engagement capabilities, Contact magazine reports.
HMA Ships Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney...
Australia needs more links with democracies, fewer with China
By Peter Jennings*
Here’s a priority list for Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s foreign arrangements taskforce to apply the Australian government’s new veto power over states’...
Russia and China team up on Indian Ocean
Two recent naval exercises demonstrate the potential for Russia-China cooperation in the Indian Ocean, and how the two present a much greater threat to a...
Aerial drones from subs to sink ships
The name of the game in the Pacific is stand-off range. But with longer range torpedoes and anti-ship missiles in the arsenal, submariners are...
UK doubles down on frigate building
Work has begun on a huge hall for the Royal Navy’s next-generation Type 31 frigates – to build two ships side-by-side.
Standing at 147 metres...
Blue crime’s toll in the Pacific
Serious offences are taking place on, in, or across the Pacific maritime domain that put at risk the political stability and economic interests of...
Resetting Northern Australia’s national security posture
John Coyne's report highlights the vast economic opportunities in northern Australia and how they can contribute to our national security.
The author makes the case...
Watch Teddy Sheean’s investiture
Here is the link to the ABC's coverage of Teddy Sheean's Victoria Cross investiture. https://iview.abc.net.au/show/victoria-cross-investiture-of-teddy-sheean