Sea control is not enough
Commander Jeff Vandenengel has written the most rigorous analysis of the Navy’s strategic concept since Samuel Huntington. His diagnosis is correct, his framework is...
The wrong ships for the wrong job
The United States is not winning the Iran war. It is not going to win it. I have been making that argument since the...
Tanker sailor’s terror in Gulf
The blast tore through the engine room of the tanker MKD Vyom without warning on the morning of 1 March. “There were immense shock...
Exercise Pitch Black to return
From 20 July to 7 August 2026, aircraft and participating nations will return to RAAF Bases Darwin and Tindal in the Northern Territory, and...
French strike group transits Suez
The French carrier strike group has transited the Suez Canal and is now moving toward the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according...
US has shot away a lot hardware
By Tom Sharpe*
Since February 28, when the United States launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran, American forces have conducted an intense 39-day air and...
Australia-Japan statement on security cooperation
On 4 May 2026 the Commonwealth Government released the Australia-Japan Leaders Statement on Enhanced Defence and Security Cooperation. After the signing Prime Minister Anthony...
Sixth Indian Nilgiri-class frigate completed
On 30 April at Mumbai, the Indian Navy’s (IN) sixth ship of the P17A - Nilgiri class stealth frigates, Mahendragiri was delivered to the...
From the ANI Archives: fisheries patrol to Heard Island
From 1997 until the early 2000s the RAN, with support from the RAAF and the Army, undertook a handful of long-range fisheries protection interceptions...
Iron Duke’s emblematic decline
HMS Iron Duke has been stripped of her weapons and sensors and has not been to sea since October 2025, despite no formal decommissioning...