N-subs’ fragile supply chains
By Jahara Matisek*
Submarine production falters when a fragile industrial base cannot deliver the specialized castings, forgings, ceramics, magnetics, steels, and acoustic coatings that nuclear...
From the ANI Archives: Training Warfare Officers
A subject that was periodically raised through ANI journals was whether warfare officer training was appropriate for the evolving nature of operations at sea...
Five-nation exercise in South China Sea
Two Royal Navy warships will join allies from Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore in a major ten-day workout in the South China Sea.
Sister...
RN tests missile in live firing at sea
By Tom Sharpe*
Last week, off the Hebrides, the Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland fired a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) into the retired...
Australia-UK: more formal ties needed
By Euan Graham and Patrick Triglavcanin*
Australia’s defence and security relationship with the United Kingdom (UK) has been defined customarily in terms of historical links...
Less Virginia-class delivery risk, Andruril chief says
The head of Anduril Australia says the US administration’s decision to stand up a new shipyard to build components for Virginia-class nuclear powered submarines...
Two nuclear submarines in UK port
Two nuclear-powered attack submarines came in to HM Naval Base Clyde on Friday, a United States Navy Virginia-class boat arriving in the morning and...
New magnetism submarine detection method
Finding a submarine beneath the ocean is one of the more difficult surveillance tasks in modern warfare. Sonar and sonobuoys can listen for underwater...
New shipyard for big Virginia-class parts
Anduril is establishing a new shipyard to manufacture parts for Virginia-class submarines in Baltimore County, Md., the company and the White Houseannounced, Breaking Defense...
Mahan. The Life of Maritime Strategy’s Greatest Revolutionary
Mahan. The Life of Maritime Strategy’s Greatest Revolutionary. By David A Smith. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2026
Reviewed by Tim Coyle
Visionaries gestate slowly. Certainly, brilliance...