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OPINION | Exmouth base needed to plug naval gap between Perth and Darwin
To make sure that northern Australia is ready to support a range of defence contingencies, the region must have socially and economically prosperous communities. ..
BOOK REVIEW | The Royal Netherlands Navy of World War II
This book is another in the fine series of well-researched, tightly-written and very well-illustrated little books that Osprey Publishing continues to produce about ..
COLUMN | China’s navy now the world’s largest – but is it a viable force? [Naval Gazing]
In its annual report submitted to the US Congress, the Pentagon very recently confirmed that the People’s Republic of China now has the largest navy in the world, ..
BOOK REVIEW | We Killed Yamamoto: The Long-Range P-38 Assassination of the Man behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943
The fact of the 1943 killing of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack of December ..
OPINION | Tackling environmental security threats in the Indian Ocean
The explosion and fire on board a supertanker off Sri Lanka this month, following closely on last month’s disastrous oil spill in Mauritius, serve as a reminder that ..
BOOK REVIEW | Decision in the Atlantic: The Allies and the Longest Campaign of the Second World War
Similar in format and approach to the recently reviewed The Sea and the Second World War, this excellent book is similarly interesting and thought provoking. Comprising a ..
Hutchison Ports to develop new container terminal in Egyptian Navy base
Hong Kong-based Hutchison Ports has entered into a long-term agreement with the Egyptian Navy on the development and operation of a new container terminal in Abu Qir on ..
BOOK REVIEW | Nelson’s Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation 1793-1815
Like its subject, this book is not to be trifled with. It is massive and heavy and not for the weak. Comprising 350 large format, thick pages, it must be read on a desk ..
OPINION | A Chinese-built airport next door to a key Australia-US naval base?
Judging by recent satellite imagery, it appears that significant progress is being made on an expansion and upgrade project at Momote Airport, the nearest airfield to ..