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Chinese carrier strike group in W Pacific

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Two Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have simultaneously deployed to the Western Pacific – a first for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Japanese...

Russia’s scam to buy ship despite sanctions

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Disguised as businessmen from Dubai, cronies of a Russian adventure company pursued a takeover of the 70-year-old Stålbas for expedition cruises to Novaya Zemlya...

Calls for money and capacity in UK

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Two senior UK defence figures have called for more money and a build-up of defence industrial capacity in letters to UK newspapers. Vice Admiral Sir...

Five aspects of the UK review

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Shashank Joshi, defence editor at The Economist and a visiting senior fellow at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, looks at five interesting...

US boosts remote maintenance

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Five U.S. Navy ships now have working Augmented Reality Maintenance Systems that allow technicians to remotely troubleshoot problems from a sailor’s point of view,...

Russia’s reckless increase in spying

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Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European countries have expelled at least 750 Russian diplomats accused of espionage. NATO says it has...

Understanding the cost of Australia’s naval defence

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By Marc Ablong The key questions for the Royal Australian Navy coming out of the 2025–26 federal budget are: whether sufficient funds are being spent...

Maldives to receive patrol boat from Australia

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On 2 June 2025 Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles and Maldives Minister of Defence, Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, announced Australia...

Defence Chief speaks of budget choices

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The Australian Defence Organisation’s budget is under pressure, and Defence must make choices, Admiral David Johnston, the chief of the defence force, said on...

Don’t spend more, spend differently

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By Sam Roggeveen* There is near universal agreement that Australia should spend more money on defence. The big political parties want to spend more. The...