Hobart fires first missile In Australian waters
HMAS Hobart (III) has become the first Royal Australian Navy Hobart class Guided Missile Destroyer to fire a missile in Australian waters. Hobart fired...
Sri Lanka commissions Chinese frigate
The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has commissioned a frigate that was formerly in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Janes Naval News...
Hormuz action has a history
The following article is based upon excerpts from The Official History of Australian Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Post-Cold War Operations - Australia and the ‘New World...
Australia pledges Timor naval base
Australia is pledging to help its Southeast Asian neighbor, Timor-Leste, upgrade a naval base and train a patrol-boat crew as Australia seeks to counter...
Why Australia joined Hormuz forces
By Ian Dudgeon*
There are two strong reasons behind the Morrison government’s decision on 21 August to join the US-led International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) in support...
Productivity Commission should look at defence projects
By Rob Bourke*
In response to Australia’s increasingly uncertain strategic outlook, there are now calls to boost defence spending well beyond the current target of...
US ME role weakening Indo-Pacific role
By Michael Davis*
They say timing is everything. This week I’ve been devouring the United States Studies Centre’s excellent new report, Averting crisis: American strategy, military spending...
Coalition of the not-so-willing
By Rodger Shanahan*
The Australian government’s announcement that it will contribute assets to a maritime coalition force in the Persian Gulf comes as no surprise,...
Carriers’ enduring value in Indo-Pacific
By Richard A. Bitzinger*
SYNOPSISAircraft carriers are admittedly vulnerable to a number of weapons, increasingly hypersonic missiles. However, their value in a variety of scenarios...
LHDs: Game changing in Indo-Pacific
This article was published in the Australian Naval Review. For full access to the electronic version of the Australian Naval Review and to receive future issues in hard copy,...