Why Putin feels so threatened
By Paul Dibb*
Why has Russia’s President Vladimir Putin become so aggressive in his attitude to the US, NATO and Ukraine? In this article, I...
RN chief outlines vision to 2035
The First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key outlined his vision for the Royal Navy to 2035 to defence and shipbuilding industry leaders at Rosyth....
USS John Lewis conducts builder’s trials
USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of 22,000 ton fleet replenishment oilers has recently completed initial builder’s...
Australia’s ice-breaking krill research
Krill are essential to understanding climate change. But Antarctic voyages have been unable to catch krill for four years, the ABC reports. So scientists took an...
China’s new diesel submarine
Another new and previously unknown Chinese submarine design has appeared, continuing the country’s prodigious naval shipbuilding program. the Drive reports.
The emergence of this submarine...
SE Asian maritime order in trouble
By Michael Heazle*
Five and a half years on from the international arbitral tribunal’s rejection of China’s expansive South China Sea claims in July 2016,...
Australia and South China Sea FONOPs
Carl Thayer* looks at Australia's FONOP role
Q1. We have not heard any Australian senior officials ruling out joining U.S. freedom of navigation operational patrols...
PLA-N Naval Brigade Training
The PLA-N has recently released a video of naval aviation brigade training under the PLA Southern Theatre Command around Yongxing Island, the largest island...
Quiet US challenge over South China Sea
By Donald Rothwell and David Letts*
Barely noticed, but nevertheless of some international legal consequence, is the latest effort by the United States to cast...
Defence planning catch-up needed
By Malcolm Davis*
The 2020s have begun a period of rapid change for Australian defence planners. The government’s 2020 defence strategic update and accompanying force...