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Maritime Dynamics Archive

Defending Australia’s Maritime Interests in the 2030s and Beyond

10/12/2018
By Ben Stevens

The Hunter Frigate will better suit Australia’s maritime interests than the Future Submarine Project’s Shortfin Barracuda…

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Australia and the New Build Submarine: Options for the Next Government

10/07/2018
By Robbin Laird and Harald Malmgren

Current talks between France and Australia to build a new submarine are facing significant challenges. If…

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Enhancing Sustainability of the Fleet: The Case of the Collins Class Submarine

10/05/2018
By Robbin Laird

It would be hard to find a key combat asset for the Australian Defence Force, which…

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Australia Shapes a Way Ahead for a New ASW Frigate

09/02/2018
By Max Blenkin

The Commonwealth has chosen to buy British for its next generation of surface combatants, selecting the…

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Fleet Base East: A Key Element in the Australian Navy’s Operational Capabilities

08/24/2018
By Robbin Laird

Sydney, Australia During the current visit to Australia, I have had a chance to focus on…

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The Aegis Global Enterprise: The Australian Case

08/24/2018
By Robbin Laird

During my current trip to Australia, I started with the opportunity to visit the HMAS Hobart,…

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The Australian New Submarine Program: Clearly A Work in Progress

08/19/2018
By Robbin Laird

Canberra, Australia During my current visit to Australia, I have been able to follow up the…

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The Aussies Build a New Amphibious Capability

08/07/2018
By Robbin Laird

The Aussies have developed a new amphibious capability and are evolving their operational appraoch as they…

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Supporting the HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, UK

08/06/2018
By Robbin Laird

I had the chance to visit HMS Queen Elizabeth in Scotland as the carrier was being…

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Crafting the Way Ahead for the HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Initial Deployment

08/06/2018
By Robbin Laird

The coming of the HMS Queen Elizabeth to the UK combat force is a trigger for…

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Defense Decisions
11/12/2026
By Robbin Laird

Two Years On: How the Second Trump Administration Has Rewired the Relationship Between Acquisition and the Defense Industrial Base

When I wrote in September 2025 about the five-year multiyear procurement for up to 99 CH-53K King Stallions, my point was that the contract was far more than an aircraft…

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11/08/2026
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The Week in Briefs: Hybrid Fleets, Shrinking Ranks and Disappearing Paper Trails

This week’s In Briefs on Second Line of Defense covered thirteen items across Europe, the Indo-Pacific and Russia’s war economy. Euronaval 2026 dominated the news cycle, and we followed it…

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Video of the Week
11/09/2026
By Robbin Laird

Data Precedes Artificial Intelligence

There is a simple proposition at the heart of the debate over artificial intelligence in military sustainment, and it is easy to lose sight of amid the excitement about new…

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Interview of the Week
09/11/2026
By Robbin Laird

The Age of Urgency: Rear Adm. McCoy on Rebuilding the Navy’s Aviator Pipeline

Originally published in Breaking Defense, September 4, 2026 Rear Adm. Max “Pepper” McCoy, the Chief of Naval Air Training, describes the system he runs as a factory conveyor belt: the…

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Book Reviews

Forecasting the Drone Future: Keirin Joyce’s Doctoral Thesis on Technology Readiness

Review by Robbin Laird, Research Fellow, Sir Richard Williams Foudation

Before the Pivot: John Blaxland’s The Australian Army from Whitlam to Howard and the Long Road to Today’s Force

Review by Robbin Laird

A Bridge Between History and Transformation: Reviewing The United States Marines: A History (Fifth Edition)

Review by Robbin Laird
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Op Eds: Danny’s Corner
10/17/2026

The Safety Valve: Why Local News Matters in an Age of Super-Intelligence

By Ed Timperlake
10/15/2026

Fight’s On: A Magic Eight Ball Takes On the SI Doomsayers

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Two Judges Riding Circuit in Rappahannock County Virginia Just Make a Huge Public Mistake

By Ed Timperlake
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Partner's Corner
11/08/2026
By Robbin Laird

Sustainment as Strategy: What Comes After the Platform Is Bought

For a generation, allied defense debates have been conducted at the moment of purchase. How many aircraft, which frigate, what sensor, which partner shares the workshare. The platform is the…

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Williams Foundation

Special Report: The Requirement for Air Combat Mass and Depth in the Indo-Pacific

By Robbin Laird

For three decades, “generation” has been a word we attach to aircraft: fourth, fifth, now sixth. The label implies that the next step forward is a better machine. The Sir Richard Williams Foundation’s 1 October seminar in Canberra, The Requirement for Air Combat Mass

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