Former submariner John Taubman presnts the illuminating facts about AUKUS. While the presentation is almost 60 minutes long, it’s worth the time spent if you want to be better informed about Australia’s largest ever Defence project. Click on this link to access the presentation.
The inside story of how the Navy spent billions on the ‘Little Crappy Ship’ Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead, they broke down across the globe. Now the service is getting rid of them. BY JOAQUIN SAPIEN REPORTER, PROPUBLICA In July 2016, warships from more than two dozen […]
Two years on, is the AUKUS agreement at the brink of failure? In a new op-ed, Bill Greenwalt of AEI warns that the Biden administration has not publicly provided workable legislative proposals that would take aim at the ITAR challenges for AUKUS. September 14, 2023 at 11:01 AM With the AUKUS agreement coming up on […]
Beijing Shoots Itself in Foot with ’10-Dash Line’ Map By: Salman Rafi Sheikh Beijing’s recent publication of a new, standard map, its so-called ’10-dash line’ extending its claim over most of the South China Sea beyond its internationally recognized Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), may just be the opportunity hitherto missing for the US in its […]
North Korea has launched a new ballistic missile submarine believed to be capable of firing both ballistic and cruise missiles. State media showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Sept. 6 launch ceremony for the submarine named Hero Kim Gun-ok. The event took place at the Pongdae Submarine Factory located at North Korea’s […]
This is the first story of a three-part series. WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers traveled to Britain this spring in an effort to get tough on China. But House China committee Chairman Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and his delegation quickly found their British counterparts had another matter top of mind: AUKUS, the trilateral nuclear-powered […]
AUKUS sparks a revolution in Labor defence policy 6 Sep 2023| Peter J. Dean and Kim Beazley Australian Labor Party debates on defence policy are often full of passion and vigour, especially those involving regional security, nuclear issues and the alliance with the United States. A combination of all three has made the AUKUS […]
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 […]
HMAS Parramatta arrives at Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia to begin her Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP) upgrades. CANBERRA — As Australia awaits a critical review of its naval posture, international shipbuilding firms are already lining up their pitches to help build any new warships Canberra might deem necessary for its future fleet. So […]
Effective anti-submarine warfare requires much more than submarines On the night of 31 May 1942, my grandfather was a young boy hiding under the kitchen table as Sydney went into a panic. The Pacific War, a distant thought to many Sydneysiders, had come home. The accommodation ferry HMAS Kuttabul had been torpedoed in Sydney Harbour […]
