Crews proven in Exercise Tigerfish
Navy’s submarine-hunting and anti-surface warfare helicopters have successfully completed Exercise Tigerfish, proving the warfighting proficiency of aircrews from No. 816 Squadron.
MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from...
Four-nation exercise off Australian coast
Exercise Pacific Vanguard started with a bang this week after warships from Australia, Japan, South Korea and the US converged on the East Australian Exercise...
Austal USA Awarded contract by US Navy
Austal USA was awarded a $3.6 million contract by the US Navy for the functional design of the Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship...
Should Australia worry about China’s military capability?
By Clive Williams*
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) (comprising all five forces) looks impressive in terms of total numbers of active military personnel (2,185,000)...
War talk distorting defence priorities
By Neil Hart*
There’s no shortage of rhetoric about Australia’s changing strategic environment, and the key thread is that the possibility of major conflict in...
As in 1939, ADF woefully unprepared
By Hans J. Ohff and Jon Stanford*
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison compared Australia’s strategic situation to that in 1939, he was right in two respects....
More likely Japan would fight for Taiwan
Japanese authorities, increasingly worried about China’s determination to invade and forcibly “reunify” Taiwan, reportedly asked American officials to share U.S. plans for defending Taiwan,...
North Korea’s submarine construction
The Center for Strategic & International Studies has produced a very interesting video now placed on Youtube on North Korean submarine construction. The Sinpo South Shipyard...
HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in Cyprus
The Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has docked in Cyprus, as she continues to spearhead the largest British peacetime deployment in a generation, Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21), ForcesNet reports.
Over the coming days...
Two carriers now in Afghan mission
The Ronald Reagan carrier strike group is now in the Middle East to help support the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the Navy...