French submarine visits US Naval Station Norfolk
The French submarine FNS Améthyste (S605) visited Naval Station Norfolk during 16-19 September. During the boat’s arrival, sailors aboard Améthyste were welcomed by Submarine Force...
Agreement without a strategy
So we’ve gone all in. The trend lines have been there for a while, but as severalcommentators have pointed out already, the awkwardly named...
Credibility rests on subs’ success
By Marcus Hellyer*
What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday, Australians wouldn’t agree to host storage facilities for low-grade medical nuclear waste anywhere in...
Can China build alliances?
As the United States, United Kingdom and Australia move to form a new AUKUS grouping, various reports have emerged of a “new Quad” led...
Subs hole: Australia should stop digging
By Albert Palazzo*
There is an old saying that if you find yourself in a hole, the best course of action is to stop digging....
Thailand persisting with Kra canal
By Shaun Cameron
In 1677, the Thai monarch Narai the Great had a dream. He sent an engineer south to investigate the possibility of excavating...
UK n-subs to use Australia as a base
Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines are to use Australia as a base so that they can have a more “persistent” presence in the Indo-Pacific region under...
Singaporean & Chinese Navy passage exercise
On 22 September the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)'s Formidable-class frigates RSS Steadfast and RSS Supreme conducted a passage exercise with the People's Liberation Army Navy's Type 052D destroyer Hohhot,...
Limiting non-proliferation blow-back
By Anastasia Kapetas*
If the architects of the AUKUS pact and its headline initiative to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines imagined it would be seen...
‘Mistreating’ allies with secret deal
France’s submarine trouble highlights its precarious status as a great power, the Irish Times reports.
By Lara Marlowe
“The three countries showed contempt for us when...