The US has asked Australia to send a navy warship to the Middle East in response to recent attacks from Iranian-backed rebels. The request comes as leaders grow increasingly fearful over the Israel-Hamas conflict spilling across the region. Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite said the federal government was considering aContinue Reading
On August 27, 23 US Marines were on board an MV-22B Osprey aircraft when it crashed over the Tiwi Islands off the Northern Territory during a routine military training exercise, taking the lives of three American Marines. The horror crash comes just one month on from the Talisman Sabre helicopterContinue Reading
Late in the night on July 28, an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter ditched into the waters off North Queensland during the multi-nation Talisman Sabre military training exercise, taking the lives of four Australian soldiers. Australians are reeling and the Australian Defence Force Taipan helicopter fleet has been grounded. Here is whatContinue Reading
A massive military operation – described as the “largest ever” in its history – involving some 30,000 military personnel will be hosted across multiple Australian states. Now in its tenth iteration, the biennial Exercise Talisman Sabre will run from July 22 through to August 4, taking place primarily in Queensland.Continue Reading
Australian soldiers will be deployed to the United Kingdom this week to train Ukrainian soldiers in a bid to bolster Kiev’s defence as Russia’s war rages on. The contingent of 70 Australian Defence Force personnel will leave Darwin in the coming days as part of Operation Kudu. They will beContinue Reading