Loitering munitions added to unmanned vessel
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has added eight Hero-120 loitering munitions to the Long-Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) built by Metal Shark, Naval News...
NATO’s sense of urgency
By Jennifer Parker*
In the build-up to the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the sense of history was palpable. The original NATO construct of...
Britain’s big SSN AUKUS commitment
By Euan Graham*
The pathway to Australia acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, under Pillar 1 of the AUKUS partnership, assigns a prominent role to the UK, as...
Defending Pacific to defend Australia
By Tyson Sara*
Australia is facing the largest challenge to its position of strategic primacy in the South Pacific since World War II as China...
US beefs up presence near Iran
The Defense Department is sending F-35 fighter aircraft and a Navy destroyer, in addition to F-16s, to US Central Command in the Middle East,...
Turning dirty shipping clean
What do you value more – stopping climate chaos or keeping global shipping cheap? That was the dilemma many developing countries faced at the...
Barbie adds credibility to nine-line dash
By Donald R Rothwell*
To think that even before Hollywood actors and writers went out on strike, the year had already produced one of the...
Vast north an asset not a weakness
By Luke Gosling*
One of the key elements of Australia’s Defence Strategic Review (DSR), publicly released in April this year, was the recasting of the Australian...
Top Russian mariner assassinated
A Russian military official who had commanded a submarine in the Black Sea and appeared on a Ukrainian blacklist of alleged war criminals has...
Indian Navy’s extra submarines
The Indian Navy’s submarine fleet is poised to receive a significant boost with the acquisition of three new Kalvari Class (Scorpène-class) from France, the...