Cultivating a “Nuclear Mindset”
‘Australia’s navy is cultivating “a nuclear mindset”, says SSN taskforce chief’ 29 Dec 2022| Brendan Nicholson Originally published 27 October 2022. After a year of intense research, the head of […]
Month: December 2022
China Aspirations In Indian Ocean
CHINA LOOKING TO SUBMARINE OPERATIONS TO ACHIEVE DOMINANCE IN INDIAN OCEAN By Trevor Hollingsbee – December 20, 2022 Photo: People’s Liberation Army The Indian Ocean features numerous trade routes, […]
South China Sea Build Programs
China and Vietnam Pick Up Island-Building Activity in S. China Sea Barque Canada Reef; the dredged channel and Vietnamese outpost are just visible at center (Sentinel-2) PUBLISHED DEC 20, 2022 […]
Royal Thai Navy Corvette Sinking
Sequential press reports covering the sinking. December 18, 2022 6:29 PM 38 Thai corvette HTMS Sukhothai listing starboard after taking on water on Dec. 18, 2022. Royal Thai Navy […]
AUKUS Build in US Considerations
AUKUS Lets US Slow New Sub Deliveries, Fix Submarine Maintenance Problems Congressman Rob Wittman, a Virginian eager to claim the top U.S. House spot as America’s next naval tastemaker, has […]
Indian Navy Fighter
Rafale-M Fighter Edges Out F/A-18 Super Hornet in Equipping INS Vikrant Forward movement by the Indian Navy would mean that the proposal for more Rafale jets for the IAF is […]
Ghost Shark USV
Australia Unveils ‘Ghost Shark’ Unmanned Submarine Prototype The testbed for Australia’s “Ghost Shark” unmanned submarine. Photo: VADM Mark Hammond RAN Australia has unveiled an early prototype of its “Ghost Shark” […]
RN Adaptable Strike Frigate Delays
UK drops funding of future Type 32 Frigate and Multirole Support Ships, for now BAE Systems Adaptable Strike Frigate is considered a leading contender to secure a Type 32 Frigate […]
Scrap Iron Flotilla
BOOK REVIEW BY KEVIN RICKARD On Sunday September 3rd 1939, history was tumbling over itself. On board HMAS Stuart in the mess decks and the wardroom the radios were tuned […]