More submariner training in the UK
On 26 September it was announced that hundreds of Australian submariners and civilians will receive specialist nuclear skills through training from Royal Navy engineers....
Three navies top up missiles in the north
On 25 September it was announced that in a first, warships from the Australia, Canada and the US were ammunitioned with vertical launched Evolved...
Dual Singaporean Navy submarine commissioning
On 25 September the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) commissioned the submarines RSS Invincible & RSS Impeccable in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister...
US Chief of Naval Operations completes treatment for breast cancer
On 20 September the US Navy announced that the Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti is cancer free after undergoing treatment for Stage...
Destroyer Enterprise launched
Senior Australian Defence leaders and industry partners officially launched the Destroyer Enterprise at the Osborne Naval Shipyard recently, ushering in a new era of...
HMAS Brisbane goes to US for upgrade
As part of an ongoing 'interchangeability' deployment HMAS Brisbane (DDG-41) is undergoing a scheduled maintenance period at US Naval Base San Diego, Australian Defence...
Chinese invest to project power
While the United States is unrivaled in projecting military power from 500-plus overseas bases, China’s investments in ports and communication technology globally show Beijing’s...
Lessons from Red Sea surge
The short-notice surge of U.S. warships from the East Coast to take on missile and drone threats in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red...
Quantum clocks new role as GPS degrades
The Australian military has awarded a physics startup two contracts for a quantum clock designed to provide greater accuracy and a week or more...
Australian security and foreign policy basics
Geography is the foundation of Australia’s international strategy, and the nature of the nation — history and culture — sets the way we think...