Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles have received the final Defence Strategic Review (DSR) report. Authored by former Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and former Chief […]
The Australian surface combatant review’s recommendations around Tier 2 general purpose frigates pose interesting questions for New Zealand, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. In a way this […]
The Defence Capability Plan’s signalling of like-for-like replacement for the Anzac frigates has implications for decisions around the rest of the fleet, writes maritime capability specialist and former Royal New Zealand Navy Officer Andrew Watts. […]