Defending Taiwan: the deterrent effect of uncertainty
By Rod Lyon and Michael Shoebridge
The recent debate between Paul Dibb and Hugh Whitee over how Australia ought to respond to an unprovoked Chinese attack on the island...
Spats in the Malaysia-Singapore straits
By Bec Strating*
Australia has presented itself as a defender of the international “rules-based order” in response to rising challenges facing the United Nations Convention...
A rising China and the future of the ‘Blue Pacific’
By Dame Meg Taylor
The focus of the Pacific Islands Forum and its Secretariat is securing the future prosperity and wellbeing of the “Blue Pacific”....
Illegal fishing vessel finally caught
The illegal fishing ship Andrey Dolgov has finally been caught, the BBC's Richard Grey reports.
Pursued by a sleek, heavily armed naval patrol boat, the...
F-35B still a chance on Australian’s Canberra-class ships
Does the F-35B still have a fighting chance to make it onto Australia’s Canberra-class warships?
By Robert Farley
Is Australia going to take another look at the F-35B? Specifically,...
No capability gap with subs, CN says
There would be no capability gap as the Navy replaces the Collins class submarines with the new Attack class, the Chief of Navy, Vice-Admiral...
Pearl Harbor 1941: the first energy war
By Charles Maechling*
In the summer of 1941, Japan had been at war on the mainland of Asia for four years. After amputating Manchuria from...
RAN honours CAPT J P Stevenson
Commander of HMAS Melbourne at time of Evans collision
On 15 February, the Royal Australian Navy honoured the life of a highly regarded and greatly...
F-35B won’t solve Australia’s defence dilemmas
By Ewen Levick*
Malcolm Davis asked In last week whether Australia should take a cue from Japan and deploy F-35Bs (the short take-off and...
Vale signal for AB Rudland released by CN
VALE: ABLE SEAMAN ERNEST HENNIKER RUDLAND 24614
1. IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I INFORM YOU OF THE PASSING OF ABLE SEAMAN ERNEST HENNIKER RUDLAND,...