Great news for the U.S. Space Force and the aerospace industry! The Space Force has officially certified United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket for national security launches, marking
Category: Global Defence
The Real Meaning Behind China’s Live-Fire Drills Near Australia and New Zealand
The recent circumnavigation of Australia by People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships suggests the PLAN is getting closer to operationalizing theater-level concepts such as blocking
Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Departs Bremerton for Regularly Scheduled Indo-Pacific Deployment
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for a regularly scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific, March 21. For
Australia needs greater defence self-reliance, and extra funding
Two recent foreign challenges suggest that Australia needs urgently to increase its level of defence self-reliance and to ensure that the increased funding that this
Pentagon tries to reassure international F-35 partners
The Pentagon today attempted to reassure its international partners in the F-35 program that there is no “kill switch” on the stealth fighter jet that
Canada to buy $4bn Australian radar for Arctic amid fraught U.S. ties
Canada is partnering with Australia to develop a $4 billion over-the-horizon radar for the Arctic to boost Ottawa’s presence in the remote northern region amid
The U.S. and China must avert a nuclear standoff
Lyle Goldstein is director of Asia engagement at the think tank Defense Priorities in Washington and author of “Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the
158th Fighter Wing at Cope North 25
Airmen from the 158th Fighter Wing train alongside U.S. joint forces, Japanese, and Australian partners during Cope North, February 2025. The exercise enhances joint interoperability,
Sooner or later Russia must yield to peace
Britain’s leader encouraged his global counterparts to continue pushing for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine at the start of a virtual meeting Saturday intended
Europe can still prevent a Russian victory
When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he knew that he was upending Europe’s security order. But this