US Navy Secretary pushes extra Indo-Pacific role
The United States should boost its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region with a new numbered fleet, possibly based in Singapore, according to the...
US military recognises climate change as key threat
The Defense Department Inspector General's annual list of challenges for the military in the coming year features a newcomer: the long-term threat to installations...
Annual ship-building report needed
There are a lot of moving parts involved in the ramp-up of the government’s naval shipbuilding enterprise. It’s hard for anybody to keep track...
Europe’s growing Indo-Pacific interest
By Lisa Louis*
The Netherlands recently published its first official strategy paper for the Indo-Pacific, just ten weeks after Germany had brought out its own....
Webinar on Sydney II, Kormoran sinking
Zoom Presentation: Tuesday 24th November 2020
The 19 th November was the 79 th anniversary of the battle between HMAS SYDNEY II and HSK KORMORAN...
Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize
The Australian Naval Institute has announced the inauguration of the Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize. The Prize will be awarded annually to recognise excellence...
Naval Minewarfare. Politics to Practicalities
Naval Minewarfare. Politics to Practicalities. By Captain Chris O’Flaherty, RN. The Choir Press, Gloucester, U.K. 2019. xvii + 394 pp, illustrations, diagrams, tables, notes, annexes,...
British Naval Intelligence Through the 20th Century
British Naval Intelligence Through the Twentieth Century. By Andrew Boyd. Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, 2020. ISBN 978-1-5267-3659-8
Reviewed by David Hobbs
ANI members will know Andrew Boyd...
The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare 1898 – 1945
The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare 1898 – 1945. By David S. Nasca. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2020.
Reviewed by Tim Coyle
Amphibious warfare has ancient origins; however,...
Australian-Singapore naval co-operation
HMAS Adelaide has provided an at-sea platform for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter crews to requalify in deck landings...