The Wargame reveals defence weaknesses
By Tom Sharpe
Last week, Sky aired its new series The Wargame, a TV adaptation of last year’s award-winning podcast of the same name. In...
US shipyard short-comings
The U.S. Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program will exceed $200 billion and take more than 50 years to execute, but the program is not...
A History of the F-111 in Australian Service
From Controversy to Cutting Edge, A History of the F-111 in Australian Service. By Mark Lax. Big Sky; Hardback; ISBN: 9781922615176. $39.99.
Reviewed by Tom...
UK’s Vanguard-class subs over-stretched
Four boats is the minimum the Royal Navy’s nuclear deterrence mission allows: one on patrol, one working up or returning, one in short maintenance,...
Ocean governance in the Indo-Pacific
The Adelaide University School of Law invites academics, policymakers, practitioners, students and members of the wider community to attend the Ocean Governance in the...
Plan for new Russian destroyer
Russia has revived plans for a large destroyer-sized surface combatant intended for sustained operations in the world’s oceans. The ambition is considerable, but Moscow’s...
What naval power cannot buy
By Hervé Auffret*
Ships can deter a competitor, compel a rival, and escort a convoy. What they cannot do is build the institutions, relationships, information...
Putin’s yacht moved to the Pacific
Russian President Vladimir Putin's luxury yacht, Kosatka, has been transferred to the Pacific via the Northern Sea Route, accompanied by the notorious salvage ship...
China’s drone submarine mothership
By Tom Sharpe*
Satellite imagery published this week showed a large vessel taking shape at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai. It looks like an amphibious...
UK tests anti-sub technology
A British maritime technology company is testing a distributed anti-submarine surveillance network made up of six small robotic sailboats at the multinational REPMUS26 exercise...