Chinese and Russian naval exercise
On 18 October the People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) announced that Chinese and Russian participating naval task groups completed Northern/Interaction-2024 exercise and arrived at Qingdao...
Update on HMNZS Manawanui incident
The salvage and related operations by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has been designated Operation Resolution. It is led by the Senior National...
Paradox of freedom of navigation acts
By Cheng-kun Ma and K Tristan Tang*
When non-Chinese navies send warships on undeclared passages through the Taiwan Strait, they may be achieving exactly the...
Lessons from loss of HMNZS Manawanui
By Jennifer Parker*
It is rare for a developed nation’s navy to lose a big vessel in peacetime. The sinking of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s...
China’s latest threat: commercial vessels
By Selwyn Parker*
In a belated recognition that China has cornered the construction of ocean-going commercial vessels, those ships crucial to secure sea-borne supply chains,...
Experts review UK’s Indian Ocean decision
On 3rd October, the UK Government announced an agreement to cede sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) – otherwise known as the...
12 Aussies in US nuclear graduation
Demonstrating another significant milestone for the Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) trilateral security partnership, 12 Royal Australian Navy uniformed personnel, including the first...
Russians d-icing with catastrophe
Winter is quickly approaching in the Arctic and large parts of the far northern shipping route that connects the Pacific with the North Atlantic...
Step Pacific military disaster aid: ASPI
Australia and Pacific partners should consider expanding their newly formed military rapid response group for disaster relief as soon as next year, with climate...
UK carrier heads for Strike Group exercise
HMS Prince of Wales and the carrier’s embarked F-35 stealth jets are preparing for Exercise Strike Warrior. HMS Prince of Wales recently left Portsmouth...