Importance of local industry in sub project
By Martin Hamilton-Smith*
In late 2014, Australia was engaged in a vigorous national debate about whether 12 new submarines should be imported directly from Japan...
Deterrence and long-range strike capability
By Marcus Hellyer*
Last year, as part of the broader discussion about a Plan B for Australia’s defence strategy, I started a series looking at Australia’s options...
Ignorance of China is not bliss
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 05, 2020) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) prepares to pull alongside the aircraft carrier USS...
Chinese vessel maps WA waters
A high-tech Chinese research vessel has been detected mapping strategically important waters off the Western Australian coast where submarines are known to regularly transit,...
USS Theodore Roosevelt to visit Da Nang
By Carlyle A. Thayer*
What are the implications of the visit of USS Theodore Roosevelt to Da Nang.
Q1. The U.S Navy is increasing its presence...
China’s quest for maritime supremacy
By Dr Patrick M. Cronin*
In this decade, the United States Navy may be displaced as the most formidable maritime presence in the Pacific Ocean....
Re-examining US alliance
By Andrew Carr*
In part 1 of this series, I argued that though on the surface ANZUS seems in good health, there are at least four...
Boosting naval lethality
By James Goldrick*
The Washington-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis recently released a thought-provoking assessment of the US Navy’s plan for its surface forces. Taking...
RADM Griffiths to reminisce
Rear Admiral Guy R Griffiths AO DSO DSC RAN (Ret) will reminisce about his first-hand experiences of the terrors and triumphs of naval life...
Russian navy to shrink
The number of Russian large ocean-going warships is to decrease significantly by 2027. This development and the prospects for large naval vessel construction were...