Hunter Class Concerns
Dutton and Chief of the Navy Respond to Fears Around Hunter Class Publication of a leaked engineering report criticising the anticipated performance of the RAN’s future Hunter-class frigates has drawn […]
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India and Pakistan Tit for Tat
France and China Fuelling India and Pakistan Submarine Race South Asian rivals are cranking up competing submarine development programs with duelling strategic partners. In an apparent underwater warfare tit-for-tat, India […]
NATO Submarine Rescue Exercise
JFD Successfully Completes NATO Submarine Rescue System Golden Arrow Exercise 2021 JFD successfully completed a comprehensive submarine rescue exercise to mobilise the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). The exercise, titled […]
China Aid for Tonga
Upon the request from Tonga, the Chinese military has sent two naval vessels to the country with China’s second batch of disaster-relief supplies in the aftermath of a volcano eruption, […]
Third Indian SSBN Commissioned
As per report by the UK based Janes Defence Weekly on December 29, 2021, India on November 23, 2021 quietly launched its third SSBN (Nuclear Missile Submarine) at the secretive […]
Israeli Submarine Developments
Israel Has Ordered Three New Dakar-Class Submarines from TKMS thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has reached an agreement with the Israeli Ministry of Defence on the framework conditions for the purchase […]
Virtual Dive on the Wreck of I-124
NOC Member Tom Lewis was the advisory historian for the project which simulated a virtual dive on the wreck of I-124, a WWII Japanese submarine, sunk 80 years ago today, […]
Chief of Navy 2021 Priorities
Click on the heading of this post to open up so you can see the link. The Chief of Navy has released a 5 minute video in which he reflects […]
Bill Taylor AM
AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS NOC member Bill Taylor has been awarded an AM in the General Division of the 2021 Australia Day honours list “for significant service to the people and […]
Chief of Navy Christmas Message
Click on the heading of this post to open it up for viewing. Vice Admiral Noonan’s wrap up of 2020 and his wishes for 2021 can be viewed by clicking […]