The Trump-Class Battleship Will Be Pricey
More powerful than any US Navy warship ever built, but can America afford it?
Defence
China’s Quiet Conquest of the Arctic
The map will be redrawn whether Washington is prepared or not. What remains undecided is how much influence the United States and its allies will retain when that process is complete.
Does Anyone Think This Was an Accident?
Two of Australia’s few undersea cables cut at once.
Operation Midnight Hammer – Impressive but Fragile
Last year’s attacks on Iran showed American capabilities are impressive – but also fragile.
The Growing Threat From the Far Right?
Our own intelligence service is telling us that violent extremism doesn’t belong exclusively to the right, or the left. Perhaps we should start listening. Because a threat that we’ve persuaded ourselves doesn’t exist is much harder to stop.
The Chain of Command Goes All the Way Up
Harry Truman took responsibility – Australia’s politicians and top brass dodge it.
The Falklands: Is Argentina About to Have Another Go?
Argentina is buying F-16s, refuelling aircraft, submarines and frigates. Britain’s navy is rotting in dock. Argentina will take the Falklands and be able to keep them, predicts David Craig.
What They’re Not Telling You About About Hormuz
The US just wrote the book for 21st century naval warfare.
The Training of Women for Combat
Combat does not care about slogans. The battlefield does not care about politics. It only cares whether people are trained, prepared, capable, and trusted.
CA Lawmakers Seek To Ban Popular Handgun
These laws do not target criminals who already violate federal and state laws by possessing illegal conversion devices and using them in violent crimes. Instead, they target millions of law-abiding Americans who own one of the nation’s most popular handguns.
The $20,000 Drone That Should Wake up the Pentagon
The Apache that went down over the Strait of Hormuz is not a story about one helicopter. It is a warning about the next war.
The Future of War May Be Underground
For the present, while drones have us looking up, we must not forget to look down as well.
Renewables Are Civilisational Suicide
Not just expensive green virtue-signalling: they’re a direct assault on our economy and defence.
Labor Rolls Out Mobile Listening Posts for the CCP
Chinese EVs are spy centres on wheels.