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.
This report aims to understand the implications of AUKUS in the Indo-Pacific and what role, if any, Indo-Pacific states and ‘hedging’ will play in Australian and American foreign policy as they seek to contain growing threats to the region, includ
In a series of meetings convened over 1949–50, the governments of Australia, Britain and New Zealand negotiated the Australia-New Zealand-Malaya arrangement (ANZAM).
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 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.
This article introduces the maxims, or principles, of military actions as seen by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) and brings them into a High-End War Fighting (HEWF) and Force 2030 context.
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.
Operational and Technological Developments in Maritime Warfare: Implications for the Western Pacific
This volume is the proceedings of a seminar held at HMAS Watson in May 1993, examining recent operational and technological developments in all aspects of maritime warfare (air, surface and sub-surface) and touch on many of the
When, at the turn of the nineteenth century, Mahan wrote voluminously and incomprehensibly (at times) on sea power, his purpose was to show that the lessons of sail remained relevant in the age of steam.