India goes for extra-large uncrewed submarines
India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has initiated a project to design and develop Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (XLUUV). A document released last month...
How will Finland integrate with NATO
NATO has been officially welcomed Finland as its 31st member. What seemed unlikely, if not impossible, just a year ago became official. Now, Breaking...
RN heads for big Baltic exercise
A Royal Navy task group is heading to the Baltic for the largest Swedish military drills in more than 25 years – as the...
US weapons laser program update
A report providing an update on the US Navy’s ambitious weapons laser program has been released by the US Congressional Research Service. The US...
2023 Fleet Commanders’ Roundtable
The Fleet Commanders of Australia, Japan, South Korea and the US 7th Fleet met in South Korea as for the 2023 Fleet Commanders’ Roundtable...
Big themes: anti-access and area denial
Australia will adopt a defense strategy of denial, developing anti-access and area denial capabilities including longer range missiles to prevent an adversary from entering...
A jarring note amid strong chords
By Sam Roggeveen*
On first impressions, there is a great deal to like in the Labor government’s first major statement on defence policy, National Defence....
DSR does not go far enough
There had better be a lot more to the Defence Strategic Review than what the government revealed on Monday (24 April 2023), Bradley Perrett...
Review falling short on climate change
Matt McDonald*
It was pitched as the “most significant” shift in Australia’s armed forces in decades. And among the headline announcements, climate change was recognised...
Political drivers of DSR
By John Blaxland*
The Albanese government released (24 April 2023) a declassified version of the much-anticipated defence strategic review, authored by former defence chief Angus...