Smaller RIMPAC presence needs context
Smaller RIMPAC presence needs contextBy Peter Leavy*
Australia’s participation in the 2024 RIMPAC naval exercise, judged purely on the fact it has sent just HMAS...
Complacent Australia adrift in South Pacific
By Air Vice-Marshal John Blackburn AO (Retd) and Group Captain Anne Borzycki (Retd)*
Australia has a lengthy history of seeking protection from great and powerful...
Defeating deadly sea mines
By George Galdorisi*
At no time since the end of World War II have so many nations fielded blue water navies that have roamed the...
Indo-Pacific: more turn to submarines
Several US allies in the region have launched new subs this year, and others are making plans to buy them, reflecting a long-standing focus...
Satellite-comms drone launch and recovery
A Hawaii-based aviation unit recently conducted the first all-Marine satellite communications launch and recovery as the force aims to grow its drone force and...
China fiinds US submarine detector in SCS
China's coast guard found a submarine detection device dropped by a US Navy aircraft somewhere in the South China Sea, a state broadcaster reported,...
Transitioning from strike group mentality
By CDR Anthony LaVopa, USN*
The United States Navy and its allies have enjoyed uncontested control of the world’s oceans for over thirty years. But...
Ukrainian naval officer’s ‘way to victory’
At the bustling King George V Dock, as the Ukrainian warships Chernihiv and Cherkasy prepared for Exercise Sea Breeze, UK Defence Journal spoke with...
NATO’s critical naval Ukraine role
During the opening ceremony of Exercise Sea Breeze at Glasgow’s King George V Dock, UK Defence Journal spoke with Rear Admiral Thomas Wall, Commander...
Philippines under Chinese pressure in SCS
By Euan Graham*
China has identified the beleaguered garrison at Second Thomas Shoal as a weak link among the South China Sea features physically occupied...