Exercise Keris Woomera
The largest combined joint activity between the ADF and Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) has concluded. Exercise Keris Woomera 2024 (KW24), which involves about...
Exercise Malapura 2024
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) concluded the 32nd edition of bilateral Exercise Malapura. This year’s exercise, which...
HMNZS Manawanui fuel removal update
Work will start soon on the removal of fuel and other pollutants from the HMNZS Manawanui, which sank last month off the coast of...
New study to look at Middle East veterans and families
The Returned Services League of Australia (RSLA) has launched a major initiative to research the impacts on veterans and their families as a result...
Time for an Australian Coast Guard
The maritime domain, including Australia’s maritime domain, faces unprecedented challenges, as highlighted by recent reports of suspected sabotage to undersea cables off the coast...
A warship in a box
By Steve Wills*
The ubiquitous shipping container, equipped with everything from cruise missiles to towed array sonars, generators, berthing, and command spaces, allows for the...
Downside of Chinese port investments
By Raelene Lockhorst*
Chinese companies own or operate at least one port on every continent except Antarctica. These investments present more than immediate security concerns;...
UK Navy ends review with ship scrappings
The UK Royal Navy has ended its full spectrum naval capability following the scrapping of two amphibious assault ships, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark,...
Philippines moves on law of the sea
By Alex P Dela Cruz*
In March 2022, the Philippines summoned China’s ambassador in Manila to protest the lingering presence of a People’s Liberation Army...
NATO needs subsea cable plan
By Cynthia Mehboob*
This month, a disturbing escalation in the suspected sabotage of undersea cables unfolded in the Baltic Sea. Two fibre-optic cables – one...