Big expansion to Chinese shipyard
Jiangnan shipyard on the Yangtze River in Shanghai is important for the Chinese Navy (PLAN). It builds aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and submarines, Naval...
Ukraine affecting Indo-Pacific attention
By Ashley Townshend and Tom Corben*
As the United States slides deeper into a proxy war with Russia, Indo-Pacific countries are increasingly concerned about the long-term...
Where will the 18,500 come from?
By Marcus Hellyer*
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced an increase of 18,500 to the Department of Defence’s full-time workforce by 2040. I’ll spare you...
Old cruisers are unsafe, US Navy says
The U.S. Navy has tried to convince Congress to let it decommission the cruiser fleet by making cost-based arguments. It’s tried readiness-based arguments, too, noting...
Second Evolved Cape Class patrol boat launched
The second of six Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boats launched on Saturday 5 March at the Austal Ships shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia, Australian Defence Magazine...
Seafarers weather vane stolen
The weather vane was stolen overnight on 6-7 March from the roof of the Mission to Seafarers Melbourne.
Anyone who saw anything or sees the...
USS Truman aircraft join NATO build-up
With the conflict in Ukraine not far away, fighter jets from the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman are conducting airborne patrols with NATO allied...
Shackleton’s ship found in Antarrctica
Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank, the BBC reports.
The Endurance, the lost vessel...
The (semi-)announcement on submarine base
By Marcus Hellyer*
One of my colleagues told me on Monday morning that we were going to get a ‘semi-announcement’ on Australia’s submarine basing that...