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Navy fires commanding officer of ballistic missile submarine Alabama ... more ...

The United States Navy Needs an Operational Level of War Strategy to Inform Fleet Design | Center for International Maritime Security ... more ...

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Protecting Australia from a complex tangle of threats | The Strategist ... more ...

Navy News, September 28 2023 ... more ...

Aussie researchers warn Chinese ‘overwhelmingly’ ahead in sensor research ... more ...

3 South Africa Navy Personnel Die After They Are Swept Off a Submarine Deck During Supply Operation ... more ...

F-117 Nighthawk information leaked to online gamer forum ... more ...

A Ukrainian missile strikes the headquarters of Russia’s navy in Crimea ... more ...

Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons ... more ...

US Navy unmanned surface vessels visit Japan for first time ... more ...

Let’s Talk About Russia’s New Long-Range Kh-BD Cruise Missile ... more ...

U.S. revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China ... more ...

Deep sea tracking ranges approved to safeguard Australian sea lanes ... more ...

Seychelles: Washington comes calling | Lowy Institute ... more ...

Scaling the Future: How Replicator Aims to Fast-Track U.S. Defense Capabilities - War on the Rocks ... more ...

China is edging out the US military’s advantage on tech ... more ...

Southeast Asia nations hold joint navy drills near South China Sea ... more ...

Why a hard-kill strategy doesn’t work against combat drones | The Strategist ... more ...

Beyond ChatGPT: Experts say generative AI should write — but not execute — battle plans ... more ...

Explorers provide views of USS Yorktown wreckage from Battle of Midway ... more ...

Tumult in the Deep: The Unfolding Maritime Competition Over Undersea Infrastructure | Center for International Maritime Security ... more ...

UK’s New DEW Roadmap Includes Maritime Laser Weapon - Naval News ... more ...

Triton drone decision shows Defence is on autopilot, with ministers along for the ride ... more ...

Taiwan submarine dream surfaces as China tensions rise ... more ...

Wreck of Missing F-35 Jet Fighter Found in South Carolina ... more ...

Military officials are searching for an F-35 fighter jet in South Carolina after a ‘mishap’ forced the pilot to eject | CNN ... more ...

U.S. Army, Japan, Australia expand logistics cooperation ... more ...

Revamping Fleet Design and Maritime Strategy: An Integrated Naval Campaign for Advantage | Center for International Maritime Security ... more ...

F-35 Can’t Be Found After Pilot Ejected ... more ...

French-British underwater drone proves de-mining ability, says Thales ... more ...

‘Forced to make impossible choices’: Domestic demands hamper Defence’s war-fighting powers ... more ...

A true hero of Vietnam War farewelled - CONTACT magazine ... more ...

With eye toward Russia and China, NORTHCOM concludes special mission in the Arctic ... more ...

Aussies to pour $3B into US nuke boat yards, long-lead items for AUKUS subs ... more ...

Hypersonic Missiles Are Game-Changers, and America Doesn’t Have Them ... more ...

Two years on, is the AUKUS agreement at the brink of failure? ... more ...

Missouri Endgame ... more ...

In focus: The Echidna Strategy and Australia’s pursuit of peace and power ... more ...

Ukraine’s attack on Sevastapol ‘strikes into the heart’ of maritime ‘advantage’: UK Navy chief ... more ...

Time isn’t on our side – Accelerating our response to China ... more ...

As an island nation, why do we accept such a weak navy? ... more ...

Sri Lanka Is Key to Countering China in the Indian Ocean ... more ...

Quantum clocks could revolutionize precision warfare within a decade: experts ... more ...

China, Russia will use cyber to sow chaos if war starts, Pentagon says ... more ...

Russian Navy Shipyard Targeted by Missile Strikes in Sevastopol; Two Vessels Hit ... more ...

Sea robbery in the Singapore Strait | Lowy Institute ... more ...

Boeing to develop DARPA hypersonic missile interceptor ... more ...

Operation Chromite Target: INCHON ... more ...

China’s new satellites extend its military’s reach, US says ... more ...

BAE Systems unveils Herne: UK’s next-gen underwater drone ... more ...

General Atomics LongShot drone for DARPA to start flight tests in December ... more ...

Ukraine is ushering in a new uncrewed era at sea ... more ...

Australia, Philippines Commit to Strategic Partnership, Pledge Joint Patrols - USNI News ... more ...

‘Silent Swarm’: US Navy seeking electromagnetic spectrum tech crossed with unmanned ... more ...

Assessing the Chinese Navy’s New 054B Frigate ... more ...

New Zealand seeks new ships to replace ‘majority’ of naval fleet ... more ...

Navantia on track for Hobart Class modernisation milestones ... more ...

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Operating Again Near Japan - USNI News ... more ...

Australian and Indonesian Forces Deploy Battle Tanks in US-Led Combat Drills Amid Chinese Concern ... more ...

Navy News, September 14 2023 ... more ...

In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robots ... more ...

Iranian Drone Proliferation is Scaling Up and Turning More Lethal - War on the Rocks ... more ...

Australia, Philippines beef up ties amid South China Sea tensions ... more ...

Israel’s Smartshooter looks to Australia’s unmanned future with new subsidiary ... more ...

US, Australia should use civil aid, not military, to woo Pacific Island states from China: Wargame ... more ...

The inside story of how the Navy spent billions on the ‘Little Crappy Ship’ ... more ...

America’s Digital Achilles’ Heel ... more ...

Thinking through the RAN’s surface combatant requirements | The Strategist ... more ...

How innovation is key to modern warfare ... more ...

Navy fires commanding officer of Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic ... more ...

3 ways DARPA aims to tame ‘strategic chaos’ with AI ... more ...

Admiral sounds alarm amid rising Russian, Chinese movement in high north ... more ...

The U.S. Navy Is Now Paying a Price For Its Littoral Combat Ship Mistakes ... more ...

World’s First Specialized Explosive Naval Drone Unit Formed In Ukraine - Naval News ... more ...

China is honing runway-repair teams ... more ...

AUKUS standoff: Australia, UK wait on Congress to approve pact ... more ...

Remembering Vice Admiral Robert Walls AO RAN (Retired) | The Australian Naval Institute ... more ...

Japanese defence budget reveals major expansion in naval, air forces ... more ...

Japan’s Missile Defense Ships Will Now Be Multi-Role, Cruiser-Like ... more ...

Game of Drones: The dangerous rise of military and surveillance warcraft ... more ...

New Chinese 10-Dash map sparks furor across Indo-Pacific: Vietnam, India, Philippines, Malaysia ... more ...

Israel begins tests of Oron, ‘most advanced’ surveillance aircraft ... more ...

These technologies could defeat China’s missile barrage and defend Taiwan: Analysis ... more ...

Pentagon seeks missile defense integration with Australia ... more ...

Forward defence, archipelagic deterrence or continental defence? The reality is a bit mixed ... more ...

RWM Italia to supply classified smart sea mines for ADF ... more ...

‘Hellscape’: DOD launches massive drone swarm program to counter China ... more ...

Carrier Strike Groups Should Be Ready to Go Dark in Conflict - War on the Rocks ... more ...

Deak Parsons – The Story of the Atomic Admiral | Center for International Maritime Security ... more ...

The US submarine force should be silent no more ... more ...

Aussies boost long-range strike with $1.7 AUD buy of 200 Tomahawks, 60 AARGM-ERs ... more ...

USS Howard sustained ‘soft grounding’ near Bali ahead of port visit ... more ...

Kalvari Class Vagir completes 7,000km journey to Perth ... more ...

New Chinese research examines how to get drones to target without GPS ... more ...

Navy seeks to offer virtual training to more of the fleet ... more ...

ADF gets $2billion for new missiles - CONTACT magazine ... more ...

Navy News, August 31 2023 ... more ...

China continues expanding influence, presence and power projection across the globe ... more ...

Yes, the US Navy is ‘still more powerful’ than China, but it is relative ... more ...

Indonesia to buy 24 F-15EX fighter jets from Boeing ... more ...

Defence looks to modernise maritime electronic warfare capabilities - Australian Defence Magazine ... more ...

Water Cannons and Lasers: South China Sea Standoff Around World War II-Era Ship Heats Up ... more ...

Laser weapons ‘finally’ seeing ‘real progress,’ Missile Defense Agency official says ... more ...

Distance is Australia’s best defence asset | The Strategist ... more ...

Talisman Sabre 2023: Big lessons from a large exercise ... more ...

Guam’s Airspace Set To Be Most Defended On Earth In New Plans ... more ...

The future of the RAN’s surface combatant force | The Strategist ... more ...

Strategy must drive the RAN’s surface combatant fleet structure | The Strategist ... more ...

We’re an island, for crying out loud! We need a bigger, stronger Navy ... more ...

China appears to be building an airstrip on a disputed island ... more ...

You Go to War with the Industrial Base You Have, Not the Industrial Base You Want ... more ...

Spying Targets Point to Chinese Interest in Amphibious Warfare, Experts Say - USNI News ... more ...

Falklands War 1 ... more ...

Japanese F-35s to make inaugural deployment to Australia ... more ...

How the U.S.’s newest ‘Supercarrier’ operates at sea ... more ...

Navy secretary rescinds ban on Naval Attachés Association events ... more ...

Russia deploying hypersonic missiles on new nuclear submarines ... more ...

Logisticians battle distance, weather, red tape in giant Pacific exercise ... more ...

India Proceeds with New Submarines, Surface Ships Development - Naval News ... more ...

Israel Launches New Submarine, First In World With Modern Missiles In Sail - Naval News ... more ...

Acting Navy chief takes over a fleet on the cusp of major changes ... more ...

Navy News, August 17 2023 ... more ...

Australia’s eyes in the north - Australian Defence Magazine ... more ...

Australia to host Exercise Malabar ... more ...

Babcock pitches frigate solution to expand Navy firepower, fleet ... more ...

A Cold War Mission Pays Off 65 Years Later ... more ...

Ukraine’s Sea Drones Alter Balance of Power in Black Sea ... more ...

The Battle of Hostomel Airport: A Key Moment in Russia’s Defeat in Kyiv ... more ...

Australia’s DroneShield ‘actively targeting’ Middle East presence as counter-UAS demand balloons: CEO ... more ...

Land forces now control the sea — and that is vital in the Pacific ... more ...

Beyond ‘bullet on bullet’: NORTHCOM’s new defense plan looks to kill missiles before they launch ... more ...

How NGAD Will Sense, Communicate, And Jam Could Be Revolutionary ... more ...

Corvettes and the RAN surface fleet debate | The Strategist ... more ...

Australia needs an overarching maritime security strategy | The Strategist ... more ...

Will China target Australia and how would Australia respond? | The Strategist ... more ...

Chasing dreams: Chinese troops vow to ‘sacrifice’ themselves to achieve Taiwan unification ... more ...

Drone Boat Leading Navy Ships In The Strait Of Hormuz A Sign Of Things To Come ... more ...

U.S. vows to defend Philippine boats in South China Sea ... more ...

Largest Ever Talisman Sabre Exercise Wraps in Australia - USNI News ... more ...

Pentagon’s counter-drone office to demo swarm destruction in 2024 ... more ...

Archipelago angst: How Indonesia and the US differ on air routes over sea lanes | Lowy Institute ... more ...

Defending the Future: Advancing Digital Mission Engineering ... more ...

Is it time for ‘militarised’ Coast Guard to ease the burden on Navy? ... more ...

4 US Navy destroyers respond to Russian and Chinese ships near Alaska ... more ...

Japan’s Military Is Getting Ready to Take on a Rising China ... more ...

Red Flag Expands Out Into The Pacific With An Eye On China ... more ...

Why a US Navy admiral says China won’t pick up the military hotline ... more ...

Pot calling the kettle black? Chinese, Russian flotilla circle US territory ... more ...

Ukraine strikes Russian landing ship with Kamikaze USV - Naval News ... more ...

China Coast Guard Uses Water Cannons against Philippine vessels - Naval News ... more ...

Amphibious force ready for more - CONTACT magazine ... more ...

Is our India focus a sign Australia is backing the wrong horse again? ... more ...

Latest Israeli Submarine’s Big Sail Seen In New Images ... more ...

China’s military speeds preparations to blockade Taiwan ... more ...

New missiles, radars: French and Italian Horizon-class frigates to receive $1.6B mid-life upgrades ... more ...

Business as usual no longer sufficient: Rebuilding US, allied military power to counter great power rivals ... more ...

Lessons Learned or Lessons Observed: The U.S. Navy’s Relationship with Mine Warfare - War on the Rocks ... more ...

Ukrainian Naval Drones Attack Russian Black Sea Port ... more ...

Artificial intelligence flies XQ-58A Valkyrie drone ... more ...

USS Zumwalt prepares for hypersonic weapon integration ... more ...

The rising value of Papua New Guinea’s strategic geography | The Strategist ... more ...

Corvettes are not an option for Australia | The Strategist ... more ...

Buildup of American Forces in Persian Gulf a New Signal of Worsening US-Iran Conflict ... more ...

Navy News, August 3 2023 ... more ...

Has anything really changed since the DSR? The jury is still out ... more ...

Let’s celebrate a half-century of GPS by catching up to China ... more ...

A Navy submarine captain set the record for the deepest ocean dive ... more ...

Putin: Russian Navy to Get 30 New Warships ... more ...

The Dreadnought After Next ... more ...

Japan has the guts to call a spade, a spade ... more ...

U.S. to upgrade 2 more Australian air bases amid China tensions ... more ...

Luerssen proposes ‘more bang for your buck’ Navy corvette ... more ...

How the US SSBN Port Call in Busan Bolsters Extended Deterrence ... more ...

Russia Fears Pro-Ukrainian Drone Attack On Major Navy Parade - Naval News ... more ...

Crew missing in helicopter crash identified - CONTACT magazine ... more ...

Japan Warns World Facing its Greatest Post-WWII Period of Crisis - USNI News ... more ...

Opinion | The U.S. Submarine Fleet Is Underwater ... more ...

Australian Army helicopter crash – four missing - CONTACT magazine ... more ...

New Zealand Frigate Arrives in Australia for Rare Missile Firing - Naval News ... more ...

‘Door is open’ for New Zealand to join AUKUS, Blinken says ... more ...

Navy SEAL’s Long-Awaited ‘Dry’ Mini-Submarine Capability Has Finally Arrived ... more ...

Australia-Papua New Guinea security pact delayed on sovereignty debate ... more ...

Russian fighter jet strikes another American drone over Syria ... more ...

UK Warns Ships That Russia May Attack ... more ...

Russia Claims It Defeated Ukrainian Drone Boat Attack On Its Corvette ... more ...

Video: Deploying an aerial drone (UAV) from a submarine - Naval News ... more ...

A World of Blocs ... more ...

Iran’s Proxy Fleets-In-Being ... more ...

Singapore’s Navy receives first of four new German-built submarines ... more ...

U.S., Allies Hold Record-Setting Military Exercise in Australia in Message Aimed at China ... more ...

Fighting into the Bastions: Getting Noisier to Sustain the US Undersea Advantage ... more ...

HMS Prince of Wales returns to sea ... more ...

(Re)assessing the near-term Chinese carrier threat in a Taiwan scenario ... more ...

U.S. Navy commissions Independence-class LCS USS Canberra in Australia - Naval News ... more ...

How Franchetti’s experience made her Biden’s pick to lead the Navy ... more ...

Navy secretary says multinational exercise sends message to China ... more ...

DSR - What exactly do we mean by ‘unilaterally deter any state’? ... more ...

First ever visit to Papua New Guinea by a US SecDef announced, as Pacific Islands import grows ... more ...

The Future of Algorithmic Warfare: Fragmented Development ... more ...

‘Truly real’: Indo-Pacom chief sounds alarm on ‘concerning’ China-Russia relationship ... more ...

Seafloor drone garages? Italy weighs new tech to protect vital cables ... more ...

Why is Australia buying so many different types of strike missiles? | The Strategist ... more ...

Inventing Officer Training ... more ...

Russia Says All Ships in the Black Sea Heading to Ukraine are ‘Potential Carriers of Military Cargo’ - USNI News ... more ...

The north’s defence of Australia | Lowy Institute ... more ...

The New Spy Wars ... more ...

Looking abroad for inspiration to shape Australia’s response to great power threats ... more ...

Ukraine attacks Sevastopol Naval Base and Kerch Bridge with drones - Naval News ... more ...

To counter Iran at sea, US must sell partners on doing more ... more ...

Navy News, July 20 2023 ... more ...

How does Australia solve its $368-billion sub problem? ... more ...

Badly Damaged Nuclear Submarine USS Connecticut Seen In New Images ... more ...

Information warfare officers almost ready - The Australian Naval Institute ... more ...

How Australia’s SSN’s will benefit munitions industry - The Australian Naval Institute ... more ...

BAE to develop next-gen missile launcher system ... more ...

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A Russian navy ship docks in Cuba as tough times bring the old friends together - CNN ... more ...

China’s ties to Cuba, growing presence in Latin America raise concerns ... more ...

ADF will need fast minelayers for its new ‘smart’ mines | The Strategist ... more ...

This Isn’t Your Father’s NATO ... more ...

The Navy is working on a transformational ‘Iron Man’ dive suit ... more ...

Sinking Billions – Revolving Doors ... more ...

The West Again Learns That War Needs Industry ... more ...

The downsides for Australia from the US‑PNG defence agreement ... more ...

China’s answer to Top Gun is a flat spin ... more ...

It’s Time To Bring Back Conventional Deterrence Patrols ... more ...

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Shadow Men: Inside Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company ... more ...

The Choppy Seas and Non-Dialogue of Us-China Relations ... more ...

A Strait Too Far: a Pacific Campaigning Approach Can Make Beijing Think Twice ... more ...

An Unwinnable War ... more ...

Philippines to step up ties with U.S.-Japan-Australia coalition ... more ...

Information Warfare in the Depths: An Analysis of Global Undersea Cable Networks ... more ...

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US the critical ‘top cover’ for the defence of Australia ... more ...

How Taiwan became the indispensable economy ... more ...

Why China is a national security threat to Australia ... more ...

Despite AUKUS pledges, Australian defense spending drops $1.5B ... more ...

Write algorithms, wage EW, share data: Lessons from Ukraine war ... more ...

US Seeks ‘Path Breaking’ Pact With Japan To Checkmate China ... more ...

The Quad needs to talk security for subsea cables ... more ...

At 100, Kissinger sees the rhyming nature of history ... more ...

Impactful Mateship: Strengthening the US–Australia Defence Relationship ... more ...

The five-domains update ... more ...

When is a corvette not a corvette? ... more ...

Remembering Australia’s “other” alliance ... more ...

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US Signs New Security Pact with Papua New Guinea amid Competition with China ... more ...

Bringing GPS to the Moon Is the Next Frontier ... more ...

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After the DSR, where is the National Risk Assessment, the National Security Strategy, and the plan? ... more ...

Winning High-End War At Sea: Insights Into the PLA Navy’s New Strategic Concept ... more ...

Asia’s internet cable projects delayed by South China Sea tensions ... more ...

Pentagon seeks authority to transfer nuclear submarines to Australia ... more ...

Power projection and long-range sea denial at the core of Beijing’s ambitions ... more ...

The Forty-Year War ... more ...

Chinese Breakthroughs Bring Quantum Tools Closer to Practicality ... more ...

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Congressional report into Chinese Navy reinforces major concerns ... more ...

Regulate AI to Boost Trustworthiness and Avoid Catastrophe ... more ...

Top Chinese General Calls For Unconventional Warfare Capabilities ... more ...

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The Broadening Global Effort To Accelerate Unmanned Maritime Systems Development ... more ...

Industry makes renewed calls for expanded naval capabilities ... more ...

U.S. eyes access to PNG naval base and airport ... more ...

China Wields Sea Power With Navy Build-up ... more ...

The case for opening the ADF to citizens of Pacific Islands nations ... more ...

Philippines’ Marcos muscles up ASEAN’s South China Sea posture ... more ...

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Australia Cleared For $207 Million Modular SURTASS Buy ... more ...

Less Iron Man, More 007 ... more ...

China: Growing and Going to Sea ... more ...

Philippines’ Marcos muscles up ASEAN’s South China Sea posture ... more ...

Budget 2023 and its impact on Defence ... more ...

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New Agency And New Regulator To Deliver Australia’s SSN Program ... more ...

NATO to open Japan office, deepening Indo-Pacific engagement ... more ...

Pentagon AI Chief ‘Scared to Death’ of Potential for AI in Disinformation ... more ...

Long-range strike, why didn’t we opt for B-21s? ... more ...

Australia’s DSR: Navy Signals Shift Towards Smaller Ships ... more ...

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China threat should be bigger U.S. priority than Ukraine ... more ...

US intel leaks reveal major concerns about air superiority capability ... more ...

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US Navy aims to field manned-unmanned fleet within 10 years ... more ...

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Phased AUKUS plan will steadily build Australia’s deterrence ... more ...

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China’s Overseas Ports Acquisition Program ... more ...

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ADF a step closer to state-of-the-art satellite system ... more ...

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Details of the memorial service are now available. RADM Goldrick’s family have arranged a requiem mass and memorial service to be held on 05 April 2023 at St Christopher’s Catholic Church in Manuka, ACT, commencing at 1330. A reception will follow at Rydges hotel, 17 Canberra Avenue Forrest, ACT. The ... more ...

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