India commissions lead anti-submarine shallow-water craft
On 18 June 2025 the Indian Navy commissioned the first of the class of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), INS Arnala, at the...
Exercise Griffin 2025
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the US Navy concluded the fifth edition of bilateral Exercise Pacific Griffin, held in Guam and its...
Defence Minister addresses Defending Australia 2025
"China's conventional military build-up is the most significant military build-up that we have seen – conventional military build-up – that we have seen since...
The ANI at 50: Seapower 87
On 16-17 October 1987 the ANI held the fourth, and what would prove to be its final, Seapower Conference. It was held at the...
Costly recycling of nuclear submarine
Recycling nuclear submarines is costly and slow, with the UK and US facing decades-long backlogs and billions in expenses to safely dismantle aging nuclear-powered...
UK to scale back Indo-Pacific ops
The UK will scale back permanent military deployments in the Indo-Pacific and concentrate its defence posture on NATO, according to evidence heard at the...
Security and north of 26 degrees south
ASPI’s Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre has released the latest volume of its compendium series featuring articles recently published in The Strategist by specialists...
First of new UK frigate class takes to sea
The Royal Navy's newest warship has taken to the water for the first time. HMS Venturer is the first of five Inspiration class or...
AUKUS: unrealistic and likely to die
By Hugh White*
The first clear sign the Trump administration was taking a long hard look at AUKUS came two weeks ago, when US Secretary...
Chinese fishing vessels as a military force
Captain Patrick Griffin, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, and Lieutenant Taija Griffin, U.S. Navy warn of the dangers of China's use of fishing and commercial...