USS Canberra Will Join the U.S. Fleet in Australia to Honour Namesake
SAN DIEGO – The future USS Canberra (LCS 30) will join the U.S. Navy active fleet on July 22 with the U.S. Navy’s first international commissioning ceremony at the Royal […]
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The Last HMAS Perth WWII Survivor Passes
World War Two’s Great Survivor Dies at 103 By Ashleigh Taylor and Tim Barlass Published in Sydney Morning Herald May 25, 2023 FRANK McGOVERN: October 1, 1919 – May 24, 2023 World […]
Hunter Class – Audit Report
Concept art of the forthcoming Hunter-class frigate. (ANAO) Australia’s national audit office has delivered a highly critical report on the decision to choose the Type 26 as Australia’s new warship, […]
NATO Steps Up Response to ‘Clear and Present’ Undersea Infrastructure Risk
NATO’s newly established Critical Undersea Infrastructure Co-ordination Cell is stepping up the alliance’s deterrence and response capability to a ‘clear and present’ risk to such infrastructure, senior NATO officials told […]
China Vows to “Crush” Taiwanese Independence
Chinese Type 075 amphibious assault ship Hainan As the U.S. works to speed up delivery of previously-purchased weaponry to the government of Taiwan, China’s defense ministry has vowed to “crush” […]
Huge fleet of NATO warships gathers off Scotland
Royal Navy warships HMS Defender and HMS Kent are at the heart of a formidable NATO task force currently off the coast of Scotland. NATO Ship Formation for PHOTEX The […]
HMS Prince of Wales not being mothballed
HMS Prince of Wales is not being “mothballed”, the Defence Secretary has said, after reports of so-called “cannibalisation”. Last August, the £3bn warship broke down off the Isle of Wight […]
Virginia Class Seabed Variant
US Navy to build Modified Virginia class Subsea and Seabed Warfare The Congressional Research Service has published a new report concerning the Virginia class attack submarine. This report mentions […]
PLA Navy China Sea Deployment
Japan-circling PLA Navy flotilla completes ‘routine drills,’ shows capabilities of national defense Far sea exercises by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy are routine and display its capabilities, experts […]
Defence Review 2023
The public version of the National Defence Review conducted by Angus Houston and Stephen Smith is accessible at this link, Comments and discussion encouraged.