AUKUS and Shaping a Way Ahead for Australian Defence
Amid the flags and fine words announcing the arrival of AUKUS, no one should mistake the reality…
Read More »The Australian Strategic Decision: Moving from Conventional to Nuclear Attack Submarines
The recent announcement of the decision by the Australian government to cancel their diesel submarine contract…
Read More »Royal Australian Navy Enters New Era
Navy – and the Australian Defence Force – is about to undergo a major shift in…
Read More »Advanced Training as a Weapon System
Having just returned from the Pacific, it is clear that U.S. forces are focused on shaping…
Read More »AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal
Australia is going to build nuclear submarines as part of a new broader defence technology pact with the…
Read More »The Tripartite Australian Submarine Negotiations
American officials have stressed the importance of Australia having nuclear-powered submarines that are fast, discreet, with…
Read More »Enhanced Russian-Chinese Collaboration: Zapad/Interaction 2021
From August 9 to August 13, 2021, Russia and China conducted their most recent combined military…
Read More »Australia and Singapore in Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2021 (IPE21)
The longstanding bilateral defence partnership between Singapore and Australia was again on display during Indo-Pacific Endeavour…
Read More »The Indian Air Force: Still Short of Needed Combat Aircraft
It was in August 2004, 17 years ago, that my colleague in India Strategic, Air Marshal…
Read More »Canada Has One Last Chance to Get It Right
I write for the 27-year-old fighter pilot, barely combat-ready, who has a spouse and 2 kids…
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