Overhaul of security thinking needed
By Marianne Hanson*
Hugh White’s How to Defend Australia made a big media splash, largely because it contains some controversial suggestions. Perhaps the most notable of these...
How dangerous is the South China Sea?
Both China and the United States emphasised the strategic importance of the South China Sea (SCS) in their recent official documents. China’s 2019 Defense...
US naval sealift found wanting
By David B Larter, Defense News
The U.S. military in September ordered the largest stress test of its wartime sealift fleet in the command’s history, with 33...
Chinese Indian Ocean role limited
By David Brewster*
Among the many questions raised by the massive modernisation and expansion of China’s Navy in the last few years is its future...
Chinese subs in Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea is fast becoming the latest target of Chinese expansionism. India says it has seen a surge of Chinese submarine activity in...
Implications for the Royal Australian Navy of the Second World War in Australia’s Region
By Robert Moyse*
This essay was highly commended in the open division of the Chief of Navy's 2019 Essay Competition. Details of the competition are...
China’s naval modernisation
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy CapabilitiesOn. 20 December 2019 the US congressional Research Service released the report China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S....
The Coastwatchers & the Commando Association
There are still two very spry surviving World War II coastwatchers, both Victorians - Jim Burrowes and ‘Dixie’ Lee. Jim took part in the...
Sunken WWI German battle cruiser found
The wreck of a World War One German armoured cruiser has been located off the Falkland Islands, where it was sunk by the British...
Second Chinese carrier enters service
The commissioning of the Shandong has placed China in a small club of nations with multiple aircraft carriers, UK Defence Journal reports. The nation...