27 Oct 2022 German Frigate Sachsen Engages Drones with Laser Weapon German frigate Sachsen successfully engaged drones at short and very short range with a laser weapon system developed by Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland. It was a big step in the direction of fully operational laser weapons. For the time ever, the German Armed Forces […]
Australia’s navy is cultivating ‘a nuclear mindset’, says SSN taskforce chief 27 Oct 2022 Brendan Nicholson After a year of intense research, the head of the 350-strong nuclear-powered submarine taskforce is confident the Royal Australian Navy will be equipped with SSNs. Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead tells The Strategist he believes ‘absolutely’ that the massive […]
The US national security strategy and what it means for Australia 19 Oct 2022 Charles Edel Last week, US President Joe Biden released his administration’s long-delayed national security strategy. It opens with a sense of urgency, declaring this a ‘decisive decade for America and the world’ to outmanoeuvre global competitors and address […]
US plans to jointly produce weapons with Taiwan island in ‘futile attempt’ of obstructing reunification Observing combat and training exercises of the navy of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the waters around the Taiwan island. The US is reportedly planning to coproduce weapons with Taiwan island amid Western […]
Learnings from Sevastopol Attack The Russian warship “Admiral Makarov” of the Russian Black Sea Fleet lies off the port city of Sevastopol Ukraine’s daring attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet over the weekend should serve as a warning to the U.S. Navy that the threat posed by unmanned boats laden with explosives to larger warships […]
Analysis: Ukraine Strikes With Kamikaze USVs – Russian Bases Are Not Safe Anymore Ukraine conducted a new surprise attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet on October 29, 2022. This time, it targeted naval combatants at the Russian naval base of Sevastopol, opening a new era of naval warfare by using unmanned surface vessels (USV) […]
The Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) hosted a black-tie reception at the FAA Museum in Nowra, NAW, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Guests included former Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett; local Indigenous Elder Uncle Sonny Simms and Shoalhaven City Council Mayor Amanda Findley. Commander Fleet Air Arm, Commodore David Frost, said the FAA […]
Chinese Intrusions in Senkaku Island aim to Provoke Japan Though the Senkaku islands are being administered by Japan, China has been flexing its muscles claiming that it is Beijing’s territory. Chinese vessels have now been spotted near the islands, including in the “contiguous zone” outside Japanese waters, for 81 days in a row, The Singapore […]
Ukraine Is Turning the Tide against Russian Navy in Black Sea Russia’s navy is, by any measure, more powerful than Ukraine’s. But the war is not going all their way. At sea, the Russian Navy is finding itself retreating from a large swathe of the Black Sea. Russian Landing Ship, Pyotr Morgunov, in Novorossiysk with […]
Rear Admiral Mark Hammond AM, RAN, Major General Simon Stuart AO, DSC, and Air Vice-Marshal Robert Chipman AM, CSC, at Parliament House in Canberra. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence The Hon Richard Marles MP announces on behalf of the Australian government the new Australian Defence Force senior leadership appointments at Parliament House in Canberra […]
