Australia is at risk of never acquiring submarines it was promised under the AUKUS agreement after the US navy confirmed a fresh blow to the security deal, Malcolm Turnbull says. Under the Biden administration’s proposed budget, just one Virginia-class submarine would be ordered in 2025, down from the expected two.Continue Reading
A conservative social media identity has gleefully trolled Taylor Swift fans in Sydney and taken aim at the “fake news” media covering the excitement of her arrival. Kobie Thatcher describes herself as a rock music enthusiast and commentator on Australian and American politics, with 23,000 followers on X and anotherContinue Reading
Australia will impose new sanctions targeting individuals and businesses accused of funding and supporting terrorist groups in the Middle East. Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced further counter-terrorism and financing sanctions would be slapped on 12 people and three companies linked to Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestine Islamic Jihad. According to theContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon‘s independent inspector general will investigate US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent medical treatment and failure to report his hospitalization to the rest of the government, a memo released Thursday said.Austin kept President Joe Biden and Congress in the dark about his prostate cancer diagnosis for over aContinue Reading
It took the Pentagon three and a half days to inform the White House that defence secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalised on New Year’s Day following complications from an elective procedure, two US officials said Saturday. The extraordinary breach of protocol – Austin is in charge of the country’sContinue Reading
The US military is grounding its entire fleet of Osprey aircraft following a deadly crash last week off the coast of Japan. The Air Force Special Operations Command said in a statement on Wednesday, local time, the move was to “mitigate risk while the investigation continues” on the November 29Continue Reading
The remains of five more crew members and wreckage from a US military aircraft that crashed off Japan last week have been found. There were eight crew on board the CV-22 Osprey when it crashed off Yakushima island during a routine training mission on Wednesday. One victim – 24 year-oldContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea‘s reconnaissance satellite operation office began its mission as a military intelligence organisation, state news agency KCNA said on Sunday. The office, organised at the Pyongyang General Control Centre of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA), started to discharge its mission on Saturday and will report acquired informationContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has released footage of some of the more than 180 intercepts of US warplanes by Chinese aircraft that have occurred in the last two years — more than the total amount over the previous decade and part of a trend US military officials called concerning.The photos andContinue Reading
A $7.6 billion contract has been awarded to British military manufacturers to design and develop a new nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine as part of the AUKUS (Australia-United Kingdom-United States) pact with Australia. The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) has signed a deal for a detailed design study to examine the potentialContinue Reading