Effective ASW
Effective anti-submarine warfare requires much more than submarines On the night of 31 May 1942, my grandfather was a young boy hiding under the kitchen table as Sydney went into […]
Author: Rick BAYLEY
Malabar Messaging
Not just another naval exercise: Malabar’s vital messaging US President Theodore Roosevelt once said, ‘A good navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace’. […]
Ren’ai Reef – Phillipines vs China Perspectives
China Coast Guard drives away Philippine vessels intruding into waters of China’s Nansha Islands China ‘fully prepared’ for any possible situations around Ren’ai Reef Manila should have strategic autonomy ‘rather […]
Corvettes are not the Answer
Corvettes are not an option for Australia 3 Aug 2023|Rowan Moffitt Several recent articles, including one last week by the US Studies Centre’s Peter Dean, have promoted the need for […]
South African Navy Woes
SAS Manthatisi on the surface at speed. The woes that the suffering South African Navy continues to have to endure make for depressing reading. So to see one of her […]
Torture: The French Army and the Algerian War, 1954-1962
“Never did the Empire look so good as when it was seen from the Republic, it was said of Napoleon III’s regime in the early years of the Third Republic. […]
Luerssen Pitches C90 Corvette to RAN
German shipbuilder Luerssen says it can build small capable warships in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy within five years if the government decides to go down the corvette path. […]
USN CVN Refuelling Rework
After USS George Washington’s Refuelling Woes The aircraft carrier George Washington’s refuelling ran two years long, due to the pandemic, industrial base challenges and unplanned work in the propulsion plant. […]
A Quick World Round-up
What’s Happening Around the World? 7 Jul 2023 Sea state On 1 July 2023, the Australian Submarine Agency was established to manage the delivery of the Royal Australian Navy’s planned […]
Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods OAM – A Naval Career Well Lived
Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods OAM RAN Retirement Speech at the Commonwealth Club – 7 June 2023 By Ed. In a career in which he served in three Commonwealth navies and […]