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 […]
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HMAS Anzac conducts Exercise Lumbas 2023 in the Philippines
Philippine Navy bilateral Exercise Lumbas has drawn to a close in Subic Bay, with Anzac Class frigate HMAS Anzac taking part during a regional presence deployment that began in […]
Australia to Host Rotational U.S. Army, Navy Presence Following SecDef, Deputy Prime Minister Meeting
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – U.S. and Australian officials laid the groundwork to host more U.S. forces in Australia, officials from both countries said on Saturday. Deepening that long-standing cooperation through the […]
UK Believes That Russia is Mining Approaches to Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports
One of the many drifting sea mines found in the Black Sea in 2022. Photo: Bulgarian Ministry of Defense Russia has begun to lay additional naval mines on the approaches […]
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. […]
Chinese military snubbed invite to defence conference, says senior US admiral
Indo-Pacific Command chief John Aquilino tells Aspen Security Forum that the US had not received a response to the invitation to attend the event in Fiji. China is refusing requests […]
Negotiations Continue on Scorpene Submarine Deal – India, France to Conclude Deal without Difficulty
New Delhi: Negotiations for India’s acquisition for the Scorpene submarines from France are on track and both sides do not expect any sort of difficulty in concluding the deal, sources […]
USS Canberra in Sydney for momentous commissioning
USS Canberra (LCS 30) has arrived at the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet Base East in Sydney for a one-of-a-kind commissioning later this week. The United States Navy’s 16th Independence […]