The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has five naval bases located in Sydney, Rockingham, Darwin and Cairns.
At the beginning of First World War the new Royal Australia Navy (RAN) was ill-prepared and ill-equipped to counter a mining campaign in home waters.
In October 1959 the Defence Joint Planning Committee agreed to the introduction of a submarine force in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Australia subsequently ordered four Oberon class conventional submarines from the United Kingdom (UK).
This paper proposes an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) strategy that leverages the author’s experience as a submariner and views the ASW problem through Effects Based Operations theory and Boyd’s OODA (observation, orientation, decision, action) Loop
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.
Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers was published by Richard Hill in 1986 and this paper, written 15 years later, re-examines whether the theories of medium-power maritime strategy survived intact or need to be modified.
This paper outlines the issues and challenges faced by RAN staff in developing and implementing a surface-to-air guided weapon capability for Australia during the 1960s.
Effects Based Operations (EBO) and parallel warfare concepts have proven to be a highly effective approach to securing control of the air and denying an enemy force freedom to manoeuvre in a battle-space.
This paper addresses the restraints medium sized navies inherently face and the subsequent impact these have on fleet technology, size and structure.