RN lays steel on second frigate
Construction of the second of eight Royal Navy Type 26 frigates is underway with a ceremony on the river Clyde. The vessel is the...
RN seeks interim s-to-s missile solution
The UK defense ministry has issued a tender for the supply of an interim surface to surface guided weapon system (I-SSGW) that would serve...
Lessons for Australia in US Marines’ new guidance
By Euan Graham*
The planning guidance issued by the new US Marine Corps commandant, General David Berger, is unusually forward-leaning and well written by the standards of...
Time for a ‘quad’ of coast guards
By David Brewster*
The so-called Quad group of Indo-Pacific maritime democracies – Australia, India, Japan, and the United States – is a valuable grouping, although...
US Navy to revert to manual throttles. Touchscreens to go
The Navy US will begin reverting destroyers back to a physical throttle and traditional helm control system in the next 18 to 24 months,...
Are Navy’s fast boats fit for purpose?
By Ewen Levick*
Much has been made of the money currently pouring into Australia’s fleet. The new and forthcoming warships and submarines will form the...
Escorting in the Persian Gulf
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, PhD*
Introduction
The recent attacks on merchant shipping in the Persian Gulf, Straits of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman by forces of...
‘Quad’ ponders how to contain China
The Free and Open Indo-Pacific is defined by a Japanese commentator as a strategic policy “to keep the United States in, China down and...
Will Vanguard Bank ignite Vietnamese nationalism?
By Carlyle A. Thayer
Assessment of why Vietnam stood up to Chinese aggression this time around, compared to 2017 and 2018 when it backed down?
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Arab allies must step up
By Andrea Daolio
The Persian Gulf recently made headlines across the world due to clashes between Iran, the U.S., the U.K., and regional Arab states....