Indonesia and China are at maritime loggerheads amid rising Chinese incursions into Indonesia’s EEZ. An unprecedented Chinese protest over Indonesia drilling for natural gas in its own waters appears to have cast new light over why Jakarta remained strangely silent over a recent seven-week incursion by a Chinese research ship and two armed Coast Guard […]
By Simon Cullen (NOC President) Today I had the honour to present a NOC book prize to REOC 2/21 course member LEUT Leesa Maroske. Leesa is a Public Relations Officer who is now working with the Mine Warfare community at Waterhen. Leesa was recognised for her course results as well as self-discipline, resolution, undeviating application […]
AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal – Non-proliferation Aspects By John CARLSON – Senior Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Courtesy of APLN. The following article is part of a series of Asia-Pacific Leadership Network analyses by experts and members assessing the implications of the Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) deal. The following is a brief overview of the […]
This paper was written 10 years ago for presentation at the Submarine Institute of Australia Science, Technology & Engineering Conference held in 2011. The author, Jock Thornton, is: A member of the NOC One of the editors of the NOC newsletter A former Royal Navy Commander with extensive experience as an engineering officer in nuclear […]
