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.
RUSPAC remains the least analysed and assessed Russian naval fleet. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1991, there was a continuous decline in interest of developments in the Russian navy.
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
In 1982, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was adopted. It was designed as the legal authority on the oceans and seas, an all-encompassing guide to the maritime domain. In many respects, it has fulfilled this role.
The Pacific Maritime Security Program is an excellent piece of Australian policy-making, and a positive example of Australia’s regional leadership.
The oceans cover two-thirds of the earth’s surface and have long been a source of livelihood and sustenance.
This report analyses the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)’s material preparedness to meet its future Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) obligations: if the Navy has enough assets (ships and aircraft) and if those assets have suitable ca
The successful INTERFET deployment from September 1999 to February 2000 constituted crisis intervention rather than outright conflict; its aim was to provide a peaceful and secure environment in which the UN could conduct humanitarian assistance a