Australia must seriously consider reintroducing conscription to boost its troop numbers in the face of a looming “all-out war” with Russia, a defence analyst says. Rapidly rising global tensions in eastern Europe and the Middle East threaten to “drag Australia into an orbit of an open confrontation”, Dr Alexey Muraviev,Continue Reading
Beijing’s acoustic assault on an Australian warship last week follows a well-established pattern: China is pushing hard in the legal ‘grey zone’ beneath an outright act of war. But it’s a deadly game. All it takes is one mistake for the shooting to start. Two Royal Australian Navy (RAN) diversContinue Reading
The murky world of covert submarine operations has again been highlighted with unsubstantiated reports of 55 deaths of a Chinese crew. But not all may be as it seems. Rumours began circulating on August 21 after anti-Chinese Communist Party activist social media account “Lude Media” posted a claim that ChairmanContinue Reading
The White House has warned that a sudden upsurge in Chinese military “aggressiveness” behind a series of near collisions in the sea and air could soon result in “casualties”. “It won’t be long before somebody gets hurt,” said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “That’s the concern with these unsafeContinue Reading