The announcement in 2021 that Australia would acquire nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) signalled a significant shift in Australia’s defence policy.
The announcement in September 2021 that Australia would acquire nuclear-powered submarines (NPS) signalled a significant shift in Australia’s defence posture.
Unlike many of the amphibious landings conducted by the US Navy and US Marine Corps in the Central Pacific, the amphibious operations conducted by General Douglas MacArthur’s forces in the South West Pacific Area were frequently used to outmanoeuv
The Philippines plays an important geopolitical role in the Indo-Pacific region because it occupies a geostrategic location among the Americas, Oceania and Asia. It connects Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.
The transformation of Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force post-World War II is remarkable.
"With “more activity from Russian submarines than we’ve seen since the days of the Cold War”, an improved European force posture becomes vital for the US Navy and NATO.
Although Robert Haddick’s book ‘Fire on the Water’ is now a few years old, its subject matter continues to dominate the strategic outlook of the Indo-Pacific region.
In 2016, a United States’ warship entered New Zealand waters for the first time in 30 years. This marked a significant thawing in a near three decade freeze on full military cooperation after New Zealand Nuclear Free Policy was adopted by the Lange Government in 1985.
It would come as no surprise that the objective of any adversary is to deny the core mission of the RAN; to fight and win in the maritime environment as an element of a joint or combined force, assist in maintaining Australia’s sovereignty and to contribute to the security of our region.