Resourcing the RAN
An Australian maritime strategy: resourcing the RAN By Jennifer Parker As a country ‘girt by sea’, Australia must enunciate a clear maritime strategy that recognises the scale of its maritime […]
Author: Rick BAYLEY
Let’s Get Behind an Australian Merchant Navy
By Rowan Moffitt I congratulate Peter Court for his recent Strategist article, which was as timely as it was important. The Royal Australian Navy should wholeheartedly support his proposition to […]
Commodore Tony Cooper – Hydrographer
Tony Cooper was instrumental in progressing the development of the RAN Hydrographic Branch as well as many other foundation initiatives impacting hydrographic knowledge internationally. His Obituary tells the story of […]
The Sinking Submarine Industrial Base
THE SINKING SUBMARINE INDUSTRIAL BASE EMMA SALISBURY OCTOBER 26, 2023 Submarines are an integral part of the U.S. Navy’s future force design, and rightly so. The United States needs more […]
US Report on China’s PLAN
Pentagon Assesses The PLA Navy’s Modernization AndGrowing Aggression The Pentagon’s annual assessment of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) – entitled the 2023 Report on Military and Security Developments Involving the […]
The Last Of the Chinese Laundrymen
Royal Navy Replaces Chinese Nationals With Nepalis in Laundry Service PUBLISHED OCT 26, 2023 The Royal Navy has decided to replace a handful of remaining Chinese nationals with Nepalis in […]
USS Carney – Missile Interceptor
Incident involving US warship intercepting missiles near Yemen lasted 9 hours Published Fri October 20, 2023 A US warship that intercepted drones and missiles near the coast of Yemen on […]
Arafura Woes
About Arafura-class OPV Program The first Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel to be built in Australia was launched in an official ceremony at Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia on […]
AUKUS – An Article by Kim Beazley
Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines will be worth the wait—and the cost 24 Oct 2023|Kim Beazley The United States has never sold a nuclear-powered vessel to any nation. In 1958 it […]
South China Sea Deployment
Time for Australia to Commit to South China Sea Patrols HMAS Toowoomba (pictured) and HMAS Hobart will spend three months in South-East and North-East Asia on a “regional presence deployment” […]