Mature design most like for N-subs
The navy is "very unlikely" to select a hybrid nuclear submarine design that combines both British and American technology, as it looks to replace...
Risk aversion and secrecy costing US
Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is about to retire after four decades in uniform, and...
Mine hunters put to the test
The Port of Fremantle and its Indian Ocean accesses have been blocked by an adversary’s offensive mining tactics. This is the scenario Exercise Dugong 2021...
RAN-Indon fisheries patrol
HMAS Ararat recently completed Ausindo Corpat 2021, a five-day coordinated patrol with Indonesian Navy vessels KRI Sura and Kerapu along the shared maritime border, the...
Unwelcome challenge to NNP treaty
By Trevor Findlay*
Australia is set to become the first state without nuclear weapons to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. This presents yet another unwelcome challenge to...
Sino-Russian Sea-Joint 2021 Exercise
During October warships of the Russian and the People's Liberation Army-Navies took part in a joint maritime exercise in the Sea of Japan and...
Defence conversation must go beyond subs
By Michael Shoebridge*
Most of Defence’s grilling in Senate estimates yesterday was about plans and issues around getting eight nuclear submarines for the Royal Australian...
A maritime strategy Part 3
By Robert C. Rubel*
The more deeply one thinks about strategy the harder it is to pin down exactly what it is. This problem is...
Attack Class Patrol Boats in Northern Australia podcast
The latest Australian Naval History podcast tells the colourful story of the Attack Class patrol boats in northern Australia. It includes the gripping story of the loss...
US-Japanese in joint helicopter exercise
U.S. Navy and Japanese helicopter squadrons joined forces to conduct an unprecedented anti-submarine warfare tracking exercise for the units, according to the U.S. Navy.
The...