HMAS Sydney II commemoration to be online
Australia’s greatest naval tragedy, the sinking of the HMAS Sydney II, will be remembered with an online ceremony to mark the 79th anniversary.
Differing to...
HMAS Canberra goes into docking
The flagship of the Royal Australian Navy, Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Canberra, has entered the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney, Navy Daily...
Submarines: speak now or forever hold your peace
By Tom Lewis*
From where I sit in Darwin, the greatest Australian defence scandal of the twentieth century was the lack of Spitfires in Darwin...
Germany’s peace and security role in Indo-Pacific
By Brendan Nicholson*
As the political and economic centre of the world shifts from the Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific, and geostrategic competition increases, Germany, the...
SIA conference to shed light on submarine projest
By Nicholas Stuart*
Perhaps it's because only a thin band of metal separates a submariner from instant death. Or perhaps it's because unique bonds are...
Submarines: why no nuclear option?
By Peter Jennings*
After the publication of the 2016 defence white paper in February that year, I was approached by a senior politician who had...
Submariners at risk, veteran diver warns
By Anthony ‘Dusty’ Miller*
Last week Defence announced that the Royal Australian Navy’s contract for a new submarine rescue system is on the department’s ‘project of interest’...
RN to ban smoking on all vessels
Royal Navy sailors will be banned from smoking on board all vessels from the start of 2021, forcesnet reports
As well as cigarettes, all forms...
SIA conference scores top speaker line-up
Another high-profile speaker has been confirmed for the upcoming 10th Biennial Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) Conference 2020 – Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry,...
The latest on the next US supercarrier
The U.S. Navy’s next Ford-class supercarrier, the John F. Kennedy, will be delivered to the fleet with its full suite of advanced electronics and...