Why Australia must plan to fight alone
By Hugh White*
Many people believe that Australia would never need to defend itself unaided. Even if US support cannot be taken for granted in the future,...
South China Sea conduit code closer
By Carl Thayer*
Several questions about Vietnam and the South China Sea are looked at by Carl Thayer.
Q1. What is your forecast for the general...
Australia’s new strategic geography
The NASAMS High Mobility Launcher on a HMMWV, firing an AMRAAM missile.
By Mark O'Neill
Australia’s strategic geography is not what it used to be. Technology...
Walk away from subs deal considered
Defence secretly considered walking away from the $50 billion French submarine deal during protracted and at times bitter contract negotiations, and started drawing up...
Serious problem s with subs project: Audit
By Kym Bergmann of the Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter
Despite repeated assurances by Defence, the RAN and relevant Ministers that the Future Submarine program is on...
Anti-ship missile evolution
By Jon Lake of Asian Military Review
There are a bewildering array of weapons systems optimised for the destruction of surface vessels. At the height...
Indo-Pacific submarine arms race
By Tim Fish of the Asian Military Review
The submarine arms race in the Indo-Pacific region that has been underway for almost 10 years is...
Increasing lethality of surface force
By Dmitry Filipoff*
CIMSEC had the opportunity to discuss the growth and evolution of the U.S. Surface Navy’s lethality with Rear Admiral Scott Robertson, commander...
Chinese ‘spy’ ship in Indian waters
According to the Indian Press, Chinese ‘Spy & research’ Ship SHI YAN 1 entered Indian territory near Port Blair in Indian Ocean and chased...
Navy rescue at Mallacoota
By LCDR Des Paroz (author), POIS Helen Frank (photographer), LSIS Shane Cameron (photographer), of Navy Daily.
Evacuation of residents and visitors of Mallacoota, Victoria, has...