One of the fundamental responsibilities of a state is to protect its territorial sovereignty from threats and potential conflict.
This paper identifies, analyses and assesses contemporary as well as emerging navigational issues under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (LOSC).
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been employed in a wide range of operational roles since the 1960s, in both lethal and non-lethal operations.
This paper argues that the Australian concept of defending the archipelagic inner arc is strategically flawed, potentially dangerous, and in need of further development.
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.
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.
This paper addresses the restraints medium sized navies inherently face and the subsequent impact these have on fleet technology, size and structure.