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The Royal Australian Navy Huon-class mine countermeasures vessels HMAS Yarra and HMAS Diamantina berthed alongside Port Vila in Vanuatu during Operation Render Safe 26-2
Naval Ships

OPINION | Here we go again: mine countermeasures are Australia's forgotten naval capability

Andy Perry
Austal's shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. Three Evolved Cape-class patrol boats and three smaller Guardian-class patrol boats are moored pierside while a fourth Evolved Cape-class boat is mounted on a slipway.
Security

OPINION | A welcome wildcat? Austal, AUKUS and an ownership mud wrestle

Michael Shoebridge
Battleship Diplomat cover
Naval Ships

BOOK REVIEW | Battleship Diplomat: The Enduring Legacy of the USS Missouri

Dr Neil Baird
BOOK REVIEW | Blunting the Spear: The Pacific Carrier War from Pearl Harbor to the Doolittle Raid
Naval Ships

BOOK REVIEW | Blunting the Spear: The Pacific Carrier War from Pearl Harbor to the Doolittle Raid

Dr Neil Baird
Jim Murphy, Managing Director of AWA Marine
Work Boat World

OBITUARY | Jim Murphy, Managing Director of AWA Marine and former seafarer

Jens Karsten
COLUMN | Arrested development: Mexican-connected ships in the firing line for arrest and detention [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Arrested development: Mexican-connected ships in the firing line for arrest and detention [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
The Royal Australian Navy Collins-class submarine HMAS Dechaineux
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | AUKUS has put Australia's submarine effort back on track

Michael Pezzullo
Bytes and Bullets
Security

BOOK REVIEW | Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Private Tech, and the Future of Modern Warfare

Dr Neil Baird
The 23,000TEU container vessel ANL Kokoda, the first ship of a proposed 12-strong Australian "strategic fleet"
Container Shipping

COLUMN | Where there is no vision, the people will perish: a look at cancers hindering Australia's maritime potential [An Innocent Australian]

Stuart Ballantyne
The US Navy Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Vermont departs HMAS Stirling after undergoing maintenance work, November 28, 2025.
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | AUKUS: Much ado about HMAS Stirling

Sean Andrews
War Dog cover
Security

BOOK REVIEW | War Dog: Breaking the Chains

Dr Neil Baird
A China Coast Guard ship obstructs the Philippine Coast Guard Parola-class multi-role response vessel BRP Malabrigo during a Philippine Navy resupply operation near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, June 30, 2023.
Coast Guard

OPINION | A next step for Australia in Southeast Asia: help nations communicate what's happening at sea

Joy Dianne Gumatay
Knyaz Oleg, a Project 955A nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine assigned to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet, February 1, 2022
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | Russia's Pacific submarine fleet could tip the scales in China's favour

Carl Janz
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (left) sails alongside the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat during a bilateral training exercise in the South China Sea, September 16, 2025.
Naval

OPINION | Australia must not be distracted as Beijing ramps up in the South China Sea

Jennifer Parker
BOOK REVIEW | The Burning Blue: Stories of the Navy's Warriors in the Skies
Naval

BOOK REVIEW | The Burning Blue: Stories of the Navy's Warriors in the Skies

Dr Neil Baird
Whispering Death book cover
Security

BOOK REVIEW | Whispering Death: The Fascinating Story of the World War II Beaufighter Squadrons

Dr Neil Baird
Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia, where the Royal Australian Navy's future nuclear-powered submarines will be built
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | AUKUS Pillar One will be won or lost on workforce

Raelene Lockhorst
A US Navy Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | Australia must discuss war planning before hosting a US submarine force

Michael Pezzullo
The Royal Australian Navy's three Hobart-class air warfare destroyers conduct officer of the watch manoeuvres in the Eastern Australian Exercise Area off the south coast of New South Wales, December 10, 2020.
Naval

OPINION | Why navies still matter in the age of drones

Sean Andrews
A ballistic missile with a dummy warhead being launched from a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy submarine somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, July 6, 2026
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | China's missile test is part of an alarming nuclear buildup

Frank Rose
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