Massive munitions transfer at sea
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, has successfully completed a significant ammunition off-load operation involving two other carriers and...
Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations
On 5 September the 11th Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations were held in Melbourne. The Principals attending were the Hon Richard Marles...
PM tours N-powered USS Hawaii
Prime Minister Tours USS Hawaii
On 2 September Prime Minister Anthony Albanese toured the nuclear-powered submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) during its submarine tendered maintenance...
Keel laid for 80th Arleigh Burke destroyer
The keel laying for the US Navy’s 80th Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyer, the future USS William Charette(DDG 130), was held in a ceremony...
New senior leadership of New Zealand Defence Force
On 27 August Commodore Garin Golding and Brigadier Rose King were appointed as Chiefs of the New Zealand Navy and Army respectively.
Commodore Golding was...
Learning from Canada’s N-sub experience
Back in 1987, when no one knew that the Cold War was just about to end, the Canadian Government signed up to build 10...
Nuclear jobs start flowing
Australia will hire 200 people over the next two years to gear up for the allied rotational submarine presence at its western naval base,...
Time to review undersea cable law
By Jessie Jacob*
The number of subsea cables landing in Australia has more than doubled since the legislation to create protection zones for these vital...
Militarised coast guard for Australia
By Nell Bennett*
Australia should establish a coast guard to counter China’s use of grey zone tactics in expanding its territorial claims in the South...
Keeping Britain east of Suez
By Euan Graham*
John Healey, the secretary of state for defence in Britain’s new Labour government, could be forgiven for not putting the country’s geostrategic...