Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles has confirmed via a Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet memorandum that the Australian government has codified the practices to occur in the event of a decision to deploy the Australian Defence Force to an armed conflict overseas. The memorandum reaffirms that the decision to deploy […]
DEFENSESCOOP.COM: Jon Harper The (U.S.) Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting industry for less expensive “kinetic” weapons that the Navy could use to shoot down enemy drones. The sea service has been busy taking out unmanned aerial systems and missiles launched by the Houthis at vessels in the Red Sea, a major global shipping route. While […]
By Tom Lewis It is asserted by many that there was a second warning given to Darwin of the incoming air raid of 19th February 1942. The story says that as 188 aircraft approached the town, having launched from four aircraft carriers, two radioed warning were given from the Tiwi Islands to the north. Both […]
“Never did the Empire look so good as when it was seen from the Republic, it was said of Napoleon III’s regime in the early years of the Third Republic. With slight modification, the statement might also stand for the French vision of Indochina and Algeria right after World War II.” Torture was […]
White Ensign Oration 03 March 2023 What a great honour it is to be speaking on the First Gulf War tonight. It is now some 32 years since we fought that conflict. I joined the Navy in 1976 at the old age of 16, and that was some 31 years after the end of the […]
MOSCOW — Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov has confirmed media reports that he has taken over as commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet after a series of setbacks. V Adm Viktor Sokolov was previously head of the Naval Academy named after N.G. Kuznetsova. Sokolov said on August 19 that he had been appointed to take over […]
Photo: Royal Navy HMS Spey, a River class offshore patrol vessel, has departed to Australia, taking on supplies and fuel for the next leg of her Pacific patrol. The Royal Navy say here that the vessel used her time in Australia to work with the Royal Australian Navy and share training and experiences of being […]
Analysis: Chain of Negligence Caused the Loss of the Cruiser Moskva The shock of the sinking of the Slava-class cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, continues. In the absence of a satisfactory evidence-based explanation for the event, there has been much speculation. Although the actual cause of the ship’s sinking is […]
First pictures of sinking Russian warship Moskva as survivor describes horrors on board Photos thought to have been taken by a passing Turkish ship show Russia’s flagship Moskva before it sank after allegedly being struck by Ukrainian missiles A picture us worth a thousand words! These are the first images showing Russia’s Moskva warship as […]
Russia had a chance to cut off Ukraine from the sea. It blew it. Now it’s highly likely, however and whenever the war ends, that Ukraine still will have access to sea trade—and an opportunity to rebuild its economy. Ukraine prior to 2014 had several strategic ports. From east to west, they included Mariupol and […]
