In defence, Australia should be an echidna
By Sam Roggeveen
Foreign Editor for The Australian, Greg Sheridan, got his hands on a copy of the yet-to-be-released Defence Strategic Update, and he wrote about it over...
VC not to go to Teddy Sheean, Govt decides
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds confirmed to the Senate on 13 May 2020 that a VC would not be awarded to Teddy Sheean for his...
Japan’s new hypervelocity missile
It travels toward its target faster than five times the speed of sound, making course corrections nearly impossible to track, and carries a “Sea...
China plays divide and rule
Chinese propagandists have had a field day with a violent incident in the South China Sea which for once didn’t involve its own aggression,...
Will US lease Cam Ranh Bay?
By Carl Thayer*
Rumors are circulating that Vietnam is considering leasing Cam Ranh Bay or some of its islands in the South China Sea to...
Australia’s dependence on maritime trade
By Peter Jones*
Earlier this year the Australian Naval Institute (ANI) and the Naval Studies Group at the University of New South Wales (Canberra) released a joint report titled: Protecting Australian Maritime...
Interview with CO HMAS Stirling
An interview with the Commanding Officer of HMAS Stirling Captain Ainsley Morthorpe by Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe is here.
White Ensign flies over HMAS Sydney memorial
By LCDR Desmond Woods
The HMAS Sydney (II) Memorial at Geraldton in WA has become a place of pilgrimage for 65,000 visitors each year. Some 20,000...
US and UK ships to Barents Sea
Four U.S. Navy ships and a U.K. Royal Navy ship sailed into frigid Arctic waters of the Barents Sea on May 4 to conduct maritime security...
No politics in USS Roosevelt inquiry
Adm. Michael M. Gilday appears determined that his recommendations on the USS Roosevelt case will be made based on Navy principles and not on...