Sea Power: Challenges Old and New, Proceedings of the RAN, Sea Power Conference 2006

This volume is the proceedings of the fourth Sea Power Conference held in Sydney over 31 January-2 February 2006. Notwithstanding a time of political uncertainty and war, the roles of navies remain the same, albeit with a changing emphasis on specific tasks: diplomatic and constabulary rather than fleet on fleet military tasks. In order to meet these challenges, navies require new equipment, logistic and scientific support, as well as improved planning processes to manage the current fleet while planning its replacement.