Chinese carrier strike group in W Pacific
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...