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With the surface fleet review locked in, what about the rest of the Navy fleet?

February 27 2024

Our Navy is more than just our destroyers, frigates and OPVs, yet the recent surface fleet review has left some serious questions about the rest of th...

Highway to the danger zone? Surface fleet review concedes no ‘new capability’ before 2030 has major implications

The Albanese government has conceded that the Navy will receive no new capability before 2030, with a dip in the number of surface combatants over the near term. With the...

February 26 2024

Europe needs to do more for its own defence: US Republican senator warns

US Republican senator JD Vance has issued a warning to Europe’s leaders, urging them to pull up their socks and take greater responsibility for their own security,...

February 23 2024

Source: National Press Club of Australia

‘The country is so timid’: Former PM urges country to step up to the plate

No, hell hasn’t frozen over, nor have I bumped my head recently (at least not that I can remember), but I agree with former prime minister Paul Keating in his call for...

February 22 2024

Picking up the mantle: Molan Jr challenges government with calls for national security strategy

Erin Molan, veteran journalist and daughter of the late major general and senator for NSW, Jim Molan, has issued a challenge to both sides of Australian politics to take our...

February 21 2024

Surface fleet review: Urgency, distributed firepower and numbers key to delivering Aussie naval power

Naval power is now front and centre for the Albanese government, with an emphasis on urgency, distributed firepower, and numbers set to transform the Royal Australian Navy....

February 20 2024

Even America can’t have its cake and eat it

Since the end of the Cold War, the US has stood unopposed at the pinnacle of global power; however, as history has shown time and again, the sun must set on all...

February 19 2024

All signs point to conflict: Chinese risk factors reveal a bumpy future

While 2024 started with a bang (no pun intended), what can only be described as a year of global transition is well and truly upon us, with all signs pointing to further...

February 16 2024

What is in a name? Tier 2 surface combatants and the future of the RAN

Conjecture aside, there is an increasing expectation that the upcoming surface fleet review will formalise the need for a fleet of “smaller, more numerous” Tier 2...

February 15 2024

If we’re going to have an honest conversation with the Australian people, we can’t avoid the ‘C-word’

With much of the Australian public still far removed from the realities now facing the nation, any honest conversation with the people is going to require honesty and...

February 14 2024

Red alert! ADF unable to cope with increasingly likely conflict

Perhaps in unsurprising news, there is growing recognition that the nation and the Australian Defence Force are unprepared to face an increasingly likely conflict, in spite...

February 13 2024

Transition to nuclear-powered submarines will be safe and efficient, experts say

Experts from global shipbuilder and sustainment provider Babcock have told reporters that the development of a domestic nuclear-powered submarine industry can be achieved...

February 12 2024

Risk/Reward: Congressional Research Service report outlines opportunities of Aussie Virginia Class acquisition

A new report from the US Congressional Research Service has detailed the risk and reward opportunities associated with the Australian acquisition of Virginia Class submarines...

February 09 2024

Facing the perfect storm of a ‘new’ Axis and declining US

It is no secret that the world is changing and many would argue – not for the better. But increasingly, it is becoming apparent that it is now fast becoming the perfect...

February 08 2024

Capacity for escalation, proportionality critical to delivering credible deterrence, especially for Australia

Deterrence has been clearly identified as the central objective of the government’s Defence Strategic Review, with Australia’s future fleet of nuclear submarines...

February 07 2024

The West has met its objectives in Ukraine – despite what the naysayers think

Regardless of the nitpicking from Russian apologists, no, Ukraine’s stalled advance doesn’t indicate a Russian victory. With the world’s “second...

February 06 2024

Israel’s invasion of Gaza evidence that qualitative overmatch simply isn’t enough

The abundance of cheap, yet sophisticated weaponry on the modern battlefield has eroded the ability for nations to win wars on qualitative overmatch alone. As amply evidenced...

February 05 2024

Recession or depression? Australia’s economic insecurity precedes national security

Many have long believed that Australia’s economy is unassailable – our three decades of unstopped economic growth to continue forever – now, however, the...

February 02 2024

Space race 2.0: New normal of subterfuge and satellite warfare in orbit

A silent military contest is unfolding in orbit above planet Earth as international powerhouses fight to develop and protect their own vital satellites.

February 01 2024

Calls for return of conscription raise question about what’s in it for younger Aussies

A cat has been set among the pigeons, with Curtin University academic Dr Alexey Muraviev calling for Australian policymakers to consider reinitiating conscription to defend...

January 31 2024

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