The 2025 anti-submarine war exercise launched from HMAS Stirling south of Perth on Tuesday morning.
Many Australians seem to have missed a salient fact – our own navy conducts navigation operations and live firing exercises in the South China Sea.
The rower was battling 80km/h winds and heavy seas brought on by Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Military experts said the presence of a Chinese flotilla had reinforced the vulnerabilities of Australia’s “old and small” fleet of warships.
The arrival of Chinese warships near our coast is not a crisis. Treating it as one – with over-the-top indignation – diminishes our capacity to tackle real crises as the region deteriorates.
The geopolitical earthquake in Europe will inevitably see aftershocks in Asia. Those aftershocks have arrived. Welcome,Australia,to an entirely new Pacific security environment.
The Navy recruit claimed he was lonely after being posted to WA and forced to stay during COVID,leading him to seek casual sex with women online.
Japan is seeking to capitalise on its rapidly deepening “quasi alliance” with Australia as it competes with Germany for a $10 billion shipbuilding deal.
Season 2 of Netflix’s The Diplomat stars Keri Russell as the US ambassador to the UK – and Australia as a back-stabbing support act.
The international nuclear regulator is suddenly paying Australia much more attention since the country agreed to buy nuclear-powered submarines.