Unmanned vessels and the Law of the Sea
By Takeo Imura*
Unmanned systems technologies possess great potential for changing the landscape of military operations. Today’s unmanned systems include aircraft, ground vehicles, and surface...
Addressing AUKUS critics squarely
By Ross Babbage*
The AUKUS program to deliver eight nuclear-powered conventionally armed submarines to Australia is a large, technologically challenging, and industrially demanding venture.
Many doubts...
RIMPAC’s 40 ships from 29 nations
Multinational ships sail in formation July 22, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface...
Philippines armed forces chief remarks on West Philippines Sea
On 23 July the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner said "The AFP will continue to uphold our mission, ensuring...
Indian frigate lying on side dockside
On the evening of 21 July the frigate INS Brahmaputra caught fire whilst undergoing a refit at the Mumbai Naval Dockyard. The fire was...
Red Sea: time for Australia to act
By Jennifer Parker*
Last weekend, Israel struck back at the Houthis in Yemen after a fatal Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv. But it is...
Need for whole-of-nation exercises
By Eric Lies and Jeremy Stredwick*
Australia must develop robust, interdepartmental and whole–of–nation exercises based on potential conflict scenarios or it risks discovering when lives...
S Korea could be an asset to AUKUS
By Jihoon Yu*
The members of AUKUS should expand the security pact to include South Korea. If they do, they will deepen and strengthen the...
Preparing for China’s Indian Ocean push
By Marcus Schultz*
Australia’s defence planners should carefully weigh the risks posed to its vital maritime trade connections by a persistent Chinese naval presence in...
HMAS Sydney’s naval strike missile fired
Royal Australian Navy Hobart Class destroyer, HMAS Sydney, has conducted a successful firing of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) in a major milestone for...