R & M hits US submarines hard
Maintenance delays for U.S. Navy attack subs have resulted in boats that are frequently idle in port when they should be at sea, Defense...
North route boosts Russian oil trade
According to Reuters, China is currently the only recipient of Russian Arctic oil shipped along the Northern Sea Route. However, other countries are likely...
Experts look at AUKUS progress
15th September 2026 marks five years since the announcement of the AUKUS trilateral defence partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United...
US shows value of uncrewed vessels
By Tom Sharpe*
This month (September 2026), Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announced it had recovered an American uncrewed submarine at the entrance to the Strait of...
Australian Mogami production underway
Production of the long-lead items for the first of Australia’s Mogami-class frigates has begun in Japan, Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy has revealed,...
Small Chinese frigate big problem for Taiwan
China’s navy has introduced a new guided-missile frigate designed for coastal as well as open-sea attacks after 20 years in the making, according to...
For Hormuz the toll bells: Australia
As negotiators work to keep the Strait of Hormuz toll-free, new analysis from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute warns that letting Iran charge for...
China: Japan and S Korea boost naval clout
As China dwarfs other Pacific nations with its naval expansion in terms of raw tonnage, number of hulls and the amount of capabilities hitting...
Rehearsing diplomacy on the water
By Joy Dianne Gumatay*
Nations are used to diplomacy in the embassy. But in the South China Sea, consequential exchanges between states also occur on...
AI and space fill maritime surveillance gap
By Vincent Kyle Parada and Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano*
Maritime surveillance has become Southeast Asia’s critical capability gap. Artificial intelligence combined with orbital surveillance technologies...