Congressional Research Service Report on US Navy Force Structure
On 28 July the Congressional Research Service released the report Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress. The 84-page report...
US CNO’s navigation plan 2022
The US Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mike Gilday released Navigation Plan 2022 on 26 July. This Navigation Plan builds upon the 2021 edition...
Importance of force posture
By Marcus Hellyer*
The Labor government’s election platform contained a commitment to conduct a ‘defence force posture review’. Historically, Australia’s defence posture reviews have mainly...
US seeks to boost unmanned fleet
The U.S. Navy sees its future fleet comprised of more than 350 manned ships and about 150 unmanned ships hoping technology means lower operating...
N-subs: managing the capability gap
By Marcus Hellyer and Andrew Nicholls*
In a previous piece, we examined the broad schedule of Australia’s capability transition from conventional submarines to nuclear-powered submarines...
North of 26 degrees south and the security of Australia
By John Coyne
The Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre’s latest report is a series of articles published in The Strategist over the last six months,...
Advantages of shooting landing craft
By Przemyslaw Ziemacki*
Amphibious and transport operations can play a vital role at all levels of war, but landing craft can do much more than...
Better US naval options to deal with China
By Commander Bryan Clark*
China’s coast guard and maritime militia have mounted what essentially is an insurgency in the East and South China Seas for...
Fears of maritime miscalculation
Concerns are growing that a serious incident could soon occur between the Australian Defence Force and the Chinese military as strategic tensions grow in...
New Government and submarine program
By Dr John Bruni and CDRE Pat Tyrrell OBE RN (Ret’d)*
Australia made international headlines when it agreed to the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. But,...