New South China Sea flashpoint
A new flashpoint has emerged in the ongoing maritime dispute between China and the Philippines, with both countries clashing over yet another spot in...
Gaza pier a big lesson for . . . . China
By Erik Davis*
Last month the United States disassembled and removed the floating pier it had assembled at a Gaza beach to take aid deliveries....
US or China or a long in-between?
By Sam Roggeveen*
What vision of Asian order underpins AUKUS? Some people will regard this question as a category error. AUKUS is a technology program...
Ghost Shark in the US
The Australian-made advanced Extra-Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV), the Ghost Shark, has arrived in the United States for the first time, Naval News reports.
Anduril...
Concern over AUKUS export system
The much ballyhooed reforms of the ITAR arms export system for AUKUS are not likely to help development of advanced weapons for Pillar II,...
Taiwan boosts defensive weapons
The navy has installed 13 Phalanx Block 1B close-in weapons systems on its warships, increasing their defensive firepower, a defense official said, the Taipei...
China sends three ice-breakers to Arctic
China continues to push ahead with the rapid expansion of its Arctic-capable fleet. For the first time it has dispatched three icebreaking vessels into...
Help for US ice-breaking capacity
In late June, the US Coast Guard announced that one of its two premier icebreakers, Polar Star, had entered dry dock to undergo work...
RAN to assume command of Red Sea force
Months after declining a United States request to deploy a warship to the Middle East, the Royal Australian Navy is preparing to assume command...
Singapore hosts SECAT exercise
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) hosted the multilateral Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT), an annual exercise conducted by the US Navy (USN),...