Recent months have seen some excellent examples of why the world needs emergency services craft. Most recently, we experienced the Covid-19 virus pandemic. Just prior to ..
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OPINION | Islands of opportunity: Where India and Australia can work together
As India and Australia prepare for a virtual summit next month between prime ministers amid the coronavirus pandemic, a possible strategic initiative could involve the ..
BOOK REVIEW | Devotion to Duty – A Biography of Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague
In a sea of massive egos of the Douglas MacArthur and William “Bull” Halsey type, Clifton “Ziggy” Sprague stood out as someone who shied away from personal ..
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Australia’s third Hobart-class destroyer enters service
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) formally welcomed HMAS Sydney, its newest air warfare destroyer, into the fleet on Monday, May 18. The commissioning ceremony off the ..
FEATURE | Defence shouldn’t be spared when government pays off coronavirus debt
In October 2019, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced that, “Defence is working through a re-assessment of the strategic underpinnings of the 2016 Defence ..
BOOK REVIEW | Naval Minewarfare: Politics to Practicalities
This is a very important book that should be read and studied by all defence planners, politicians and, of course, naval officers. Since World War II naval mines or sea ..
FEATURE | Undersea deterrence and strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific
Amid rapid geopolitical change at the start of the 2020s, unfolding now in the Covid-19 crisis, nuclear weapons manifest grim continuity with the previous century. ..
COLUMN | After Covid-19 – it’s anyone’s guess [Grey Power]
It surely won’t last forever, but the scars from this contagion upon the maritime world seem likely to persist. They don’t like to admit that their forecasts ..
FEATURE | The Royal Australian Navy needs a support ship, not a fixed base at Manus Island
Commentary on equipping the Australian Defence Force tends to focus on high-end combat capabilities such as frigates, fighter aircraft and armoured vehicles. Much less is ..
Austal awarded AU$350 million order for six more Cape-class patrol boats
The Australian Government will invest around AU$350 million (US$226 million) for the build program of six new Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). ..