Fujian begins carrier operations
The People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) announced on 18 November that its new 85,000 tonne aircraft carrier Fujian completed her first flight training operations. The...
ANI at 50: Shiphandling Corner Returns
After a hiatus of a couple of years the popular ‘Shiphanding Corner’ returned in the Spring 2001 edition of the Journal of the Australian...
A Taiwan war would be global
By Sub-Lieutenant Joseph T. Reilly, Royal Navy
If China were to begin a war against Taiwan as soon as 2027 and the United States decides...
Defence debate is not war-mongering
By Jennifer Parker*
It is not warmongering to discuss how a changing world may affect Australia’s way of life, just as it did during World...
Russia’s grey zone attack against UK
By Tom Sharpe*
About a week ago, the Russian spy ship Yantar – well-known for its interest in our undersea cables and pipelines – repeatedly...
Protection our undersea cables
The Australian Defence Force says it’s aware of the potential threats to undersea data cables linking Australia to the rest of the world and...
Response to Chinese expansion
By Barry Rosenberg*
A new strategic reality is taking shape across the Indo-Pacific, driven by China’s rapid expansion of military and industrial power on land,...
ASPI urges greater ties with Taiwan
New research from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) urges Indo-Pacific governments to deepen security ties and expand people-to-people, technology and diplomatic cooperation with...
Sea trials for huge new Chinese ship
China has begun sea trials for its first Type 076 amphibious assault ship, Sichuan (Hull 51), after the vessel departed Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard on...
US’s 20th narco boat hit
U.S. forces struck a suspected narco boat in the Caribbean Sea earlier this week, killing four people, US Naval Institute News reports.
The strike,...