Strategic Update: mines are back
By Richard Dunley*
Mines are back. Mine warfare has long been something of a Cinderella within western navies. However, the announcement in the Strategic Update...
Fire aboard assault ship in San Diego
Most of the sailors injured in a massive fire aboard the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard Sunday suffered from smoke inhalation, Rear Adm. Philip...
Taking China-India clash to the high seas
By David Brewster*
Last month’s clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh was the most significant conflict between the two countries since 1967. Despite...
Rusting oil tanker poses risk of disaster
A rusting oil tanker, the FSO Saferoff, Yemen's Red Sea coast is loaded with more than a million barrels of crude oil and experts have warned...
Unexploded bombs pose problem on Guam
Roughly 11,000 bombs and other munitions were dropped on Guam in World War II, but never detonated, the Navy Times reports.
Decades later, the U.S....
Geography must come first in defence
By Paul Dibb*
Since the announcement this month (July 2220) by Prime Minister Scott Morrison of a radical shift in Australia’s defence policy, the question...
Time to decolonise Diego Garcia
By Peter Harris*
The United States military base on Diego Garcia has a problem: it is housed inside an unlawful jurisdiction, the British Indian Ocean...
An Indian view of Australia’s Strategic Update
By Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande, Indian Navy (Retired)*
The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison’s release of the Strategic Update 2020 had considerable coverage and commentary...
Maritime’s big role in Defence Update
By Rear Admiral Allan du Toit*
The Commonwealth Government’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update and the supporting $270 billion 2020 Force Structure Plan to enhance Australia’s...
Crisis: seafarers forced to stay at sea
By Jim Wilson, Policy & Communications Officer, Shipping Australia Limited*
Readers who live near ports may have wondered why merchant ships were sounding their horns...