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.
A Critical Vulnerability: The Impact of the Submarine Threat on Australia’s Maritime Defence 1915-54
This volume examines the impact of the submarine threat on Australia’s maritime defence from 1915 to 1954 and assesses the effectiveness of the RAN in dealing with the trade defence problem over this period.
This paper aims to understand coercion theory in an international framework, and thus how Australia can combat offensive compellence through influence in the Indo-Pacific.
Australia’s ambitious decision to transition from a diesel-electric submarine (SSK) fleet to a nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) fleet is a significant advance in naval capability that will come with many challenges.
The security treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America (ANZUS) came into force on the late Emperor Hirohito’s 51st birthday, 29 April 1952.
After a three decade lull, great power competition has returned to Asia. This burgeoning strategic era will, however, be very different from what Australia has experienced in the past.
This discussion articulates the complexity of developing a maritime strategy. Navies are an important aspect of the strategic maritime environment but they remain only one element of a nation’s strategy in the maritime domain.