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Sea control has changed. In recent years, there has been a quiet revolution in maritime strategy that has seen navies increasingly expected to exert

One would be hard put to suggest that the Second World War’s naval war in the Arctic was a forgotten campaign; events including the destruction of convoy P

At first glance the battlecruiser HMAS Australia appears to be an unlikely model for the AUKUS agreement, however this article argues that it offers useful insight into enduring features of Australian...

The government insists it still plans to acquire six large optionally crewed surface vessels, but developments in the US have called that into question.

A new survey reveals Australians’ growing sense of insecurity in the wake of the Bondi terror attack and global threats.

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Trump has insisted the deal ensures that Iran will never buy, develop or produce a nuclear weapon. But text of the agreement falls short of that.

Sea control has changed. In recent years, there has been a quiet revolution in maritime strategy that has seen navies increasingly expected to exert

“We cannot win if our supply lines are 5,000 miles long,” says U.S. Forces Korea commander.

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Hanwha and Leidos debuted a new dual-use vessel for logistics, drone mothership and strike support mission roles at SAS 2026.

Off China's southern coast, hundreds of fishing boats sit idle. The crews aren't there to fish, but rather to "maintain presence" as part of a shadowy, state-funded fleet.

China on Tuesday implied energy assistance for the ​Philippines could be tied to Manila holding military drills with the U.S. and other allies, as its top newspaper showed Beijing's readiness ‌to leve...

Anyone reading the news and trying to assess the state of the AUKUS pact would be understandably confused.

In recent years the way in which states perceive the value of the seas has changed. The processes of legal and extra-legal territorialization have meant that the seas are now viewed as having value...

The war in Iran has done more than rattle energy markets. It has exposed an ordinary farm input as a strategic commodity. Urea is a concentrated,

Less than 1 per cent of the nation’s seaborne trade is carried by Australian ships, forcing it to rely on foreign governments and companies for vital imports.

Indonesia's foreign ministry warned the defence ministry in an early-April letter that an American proposal to give its military "blanket" permission ‌to fly over Indonesian territory risked entanglin...

Ground stations in Australia are crucial for contacting the astronauts travelling to the Moon.

For 25 years following the end of the Cold War, Western navies focused on operating in littorals and projecting power from sea to land. This began to change with the rise of near-peer rivals and th...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirms three Australian defence personnel were on a US submarine that sank an Iranian frigate near Sri Lanka. Follow live.