Update on US Navy Ballistic Missile Defence
On 6 August the US Congressional research Service released a 37 page report Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for...
HMAS Melville decommissions
The hydrographic ship HMAS Melville decommissioned in a ceremony at Trinity Wharf in Cairns on 8 August. In her 24 years of service, Melville...
Four nations in Maritime Cooperative Activity
Between 7-8 August maritime units of Australia, Canada, the Philippines, and the United States conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Armed Forces...
Ghost Shark to be accelerated
The Australian Government is accelerating production of the Ghost Shark program to provide the ADF with the cutting-edge capabilities in a shorter timeframe. The...
Getting better value from AUKUS SSNs
By Harlan Ullman*
The 1972 movie The Candidate is a good metaphor for the current state of AUKUS, the tri-nation consortium for supplying Australia with...
Keep foreign hands off Austal
By Chris Douglas*
It isn’t clear whether Hanwha Ocean is still interested in buying Australian shipbuilder Austal, but the government should oppose such an acquisition...
More US ships and jets to Mid-East
The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its...
US might not prevail in China war: expert body
The U.S. military “lacks both the capabilities and the capacity required to be confident it can deter and prevail in combat,” in the judgment...
Gaza: a bridge way too far
When President Joe Biden announced the mission to build a humanitarian pier off the coast of Gaza this March, he framed it as a...
Warning over WA dry-dock capability
The Royal Australian Navy admiral in charge of readying military facilities for a key port call by nuclear-powered submarines, including the future SSN AUKUS...