Historically Mine Countermeasure (MCM) vessels were designed for WWII and Cold War applications, which emphasised clearance of our ports/Q-routes and gave amphibious assault low priority.
Australia is a country where the tyranny of distance has a significant impact for defence planners. The Australian area of interest is vast, and the task of securing it difficult, especially with limited assets. The role of the RAN in the protection of our interests is paramount, but exhaustive. RAN ships are required to travel vast distances not only within our littoral waters, but also within those of our Asian and Pacific neighbours.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has five naval bases located in Sydney, Rockingham, Darwin and Cairns.
This study seeks to lay out the extent to which the function and influence of the Royal Navy (RN) was replaced by the United States Navy (USN) from the years 1939 to 2001, for the Royal Austra-lian Navy (RAN).
The global maritime domain exists not only for logistics and commercial traffic but also as a military operational domain in which state actors compete.
This report argues that several dynamics of the coming few decades in the Indo-Pacific will see naval mines used once again in the region.
This paper is a compilation of RAN operations from 1990-2005. The operations database contains the name of the operation, its dates, type of operations, vessels involved and comments about the operation.
This paper discusses the future of RAN aerospace capabilities over the period 2020-30, examining developing technologies, their potential utilisation, and how the RAN can build a robust aerospace capability to ‘fight and win at sea’.
Russian naval strategy in the Pacific has a strong littoral-orientation, including defence of immediate maritime approaches to Russia’s Far Eastern shores, protection of economic interests, safeguarding maritime borders, and participation in diplo