Review: No more business as usual
By Malcolm Davis*
The Labor Party’s pre-election promise of a defence force posture review has now taken shape as a much more expansive strategic review...
Threat to undersea cables grows
By Anthony Bergin and Samuel Ashfield*
In January, the UK’s defence chief, Tony Radakin, warned that Russian submarine and underwater activities were directly threatening subsea cable...
AUKUS: politics, strategy and submarines
By Dr John Bruni and CDRE Pat Tyrrell OBE RN (Ret’d)*
For all the fanfare surrounding the announcement of AUKUS in September 2021, there are...
Evolution of PLA-N explained
Here is a link to a 20 minute analytical documentary video looking at the evolution of Chinese military and Naval capability from pre WWII...
Defence Strategic Review
On 3 August Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a team headed by former Defence Minister, Professor the Honourable Stephen Smith and former CDF Air...
Security threat of ‘narco-drones’
This month, Spanish police authorities seized autonomous underwater vehicles, each capable of transporting around 200 kilograms of drugs. It's not the first time police authorities have caught...
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...