US Navy and the pandemic
The U.S. Navy's two massive hospital ships, the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy, are presently deployed to Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York, respectively....
The Navy and the 1918-19 flu pandemic
By Greg Swinden
The world is currently combatting the Coronavirus 19 (COVID 19) which originated in China and has now spread throughout the globe. Australia...
ADF must find new balance
By Michael Shoebridge*
It’s time to upend the idea of a ‘balanced force’ in Australian defence policy.
Defence leaders have talked for decades about the 60,000-person...
Arunta fires first Sparrow missile
Following a 20-month upgrade, Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Arunta has fired its first Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) off the coast of Western Australia, Navy Daily reports.
The ESSM...
NUSHIP Sydney arrives in Sydney
Sydney residents had a first glimpse of their city’s namesake ship with the arrival of NUSHIP Sydney at Garden Island, Navy Daily reports.
The last of the three Hobart...
US carrier hit by virus goes to shore
To combat a growing outbreak of COVID-19 on the carrier Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy has ordered the ship to pull into Guam and have the...
Russian ships linger in English Channel
Nine Royal Navy ships were involved in a major operation shadowing seven Russian vessels who had lingered in the Channel for several days this month as...
Graving Dock turns 75
The Royal Australian Navy’s most important strategic asset, the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney, has turned 75 today, Navy Daily reports.
The...
Dreadnought: RN’s next generation of subs
Dreadnought Class submarines will be Britain’s next generation of nuclear deterrent under the Successor programme, replacing the current four Vanguard Class submarines. They are...
Defending the north: proximity matters
By John Coyne*
In October 1942, Edward Ward, the minister for labour and national services, accused the Australian government of having planned to abandon the...