Remembering Vice Admiral Robert Walls AO RAN (Retired) September 3, 2023 By John Mortimer and John Perryman On 28 August 2023 Vice Admiral Robert Andrew Kevin Walls passed away after a long illness. He was an officer who developed into an insightful strategic thinker and made a significant contribution to the post-carrier RAN. Robert Walls […]
The US military is considering building a Taiwan-facing port in the northernmost islands of the Philippines, according to a report by Reuters, citing government and armed forces officials. 3 The new facility would reportedly allow Washington easy strategic access to the self-ruled island, which China considers a “breakaway province.” The proposed port in the Batanes […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted an anti-submarine exercise that stretched for more than 40 hours and featured more than a dozen groups of anti-submarine patrol aircraft in the South China Sea, which is a region experts said is infested with foreign submarine activities that potentially threaten China’s national defense. Anti-submarine patrol […]
Philippine Soldiers raise their flag on the northernmost island of the country The US military is considering building a Taiwan-facing port in the northernmost islands of the Philippines, according to a report by Reuters, citing government and armed forces officials. The new facility would reportedly allow Washington easy strategic access to the self-ruled island, […]
