Speculation that Japan to get N-subs
Japanese media interest in the question of Japan getting nuclear -powered submarines peaked in late September last year, immediately after Australia made a surprise...
Maritime forces and Ukraine crisis
Three Russian guided-missile cruisers have been arrayed across the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to counter three NATO carrier strike groups, causing concern...
The Navy’s latest Astute class SSN HMS Anson in trials
HMS Anson, the fifth Astute-class attack submarine recently undertook trim and basin dive trials in dock at Barrow. The 7,000 tonne Anson was first...
HMNZS Aotearoa completed first Antarctic re-supply Voyage
The Polar-rated replenishment ship HMNZS Aotearoa has completed its inaugural resupply of New Zealand’s McMurdo Station. It was the first time in 50 years...
Russia may be paranoid, but we are complacent
By Clive Williams*
The world has been focussed on the Russian troop build-up and invasion of Ukraine, with up to 190,000 well-equipped combat-ready personnel.
When it...
Indo-Pacific: governments failing on climate
A new book from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Climate and Security Policy Centre warns that governments have failed to grasp the vast scale...
Ships move in Ukrainian stand-off
As the Navy aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman and its strike group steams in the Mediterranean Sea — close to a bevy of Russian...
Indonesia’s statement of intent
By Sam Roggeveen*
The fuss made over Quad meeting in Melbourne (Feb 2022) is quite out of proportion to the group’s significance. Australians shouldn’t take any...
Chinese vessel lasing ADF aircraft
A P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches, the Australian Department of Defence reports.
The laser was...
China’s coast guard: for peace or war?
By Ahmed Mujuthaba*
Coast guard roles are envisaged to lay a bridge between state enforcers on land and those beyond state waters. Understanding the fundamental...