First Evolved Cape-class patrol boat launched
The first of six Evolved Cape-class patrol boats was recently launched at the Austal Ships shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia, the Department of Defence...
Four-power naval exercise in Indian Ocean
The Royal Australian Navy this month joined key partners Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom for the Maritime Partnership Exercise in the...
New naval uniform being rolled out
Navy personnel in North Queensland and the Northern Territory are the first to be issued the new maritime multi-cam pattern uniform (MMPU).
The MMPU uniform...
Tasmanian company’s seaboat success in NZ
Tasmanian company PFG has cracked open the naval seaboat market securing a contract with The Royal New Zealand Navy for advanced 12.5 metre 'Sentinel'...
Guam exercise with French submarine
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) had the rare opportunity to train with French crew this month, when she conducted a...
Saving Taiwan from China
By Brahma Chellaney*
China’s coercive expansionism may be taking its most dangerous turn yet. Recently, record-breaking numbers of Chinese military planes have entered Taiwan’s air...
AUKUS can help Indian strategic autonomy
By Yogesh Joshi*
The AUKUS strategic partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has created a kerfuffle whose echoes have been heard...
The second-hand option for N-subs
By Marcus Hellyer*
In case you’ve just arrived from Mars, the Australian government has announced it will acquire, with the assistance of the United States...
Do the maths, and build subs in US
The first of anything is expensive. Theodore Wright studied this in the 1930s and found a mathematical relationship between how many of a thing...
N Korea to build military directed at US
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed powerful missiles developed to launch nuclear strikes on the U.S. mainland, as he vowed to build an...