HMS Anson, departs HMAS Stirling
Communication & Cognition

China’s submarine missile test looks routine. The real story is the panic it triggered

Similar tests are regularly conducted by nuclear powers, but the short notice raised legitimate aviation and maritime safety concerns. China’s land-based missiles already provide extensive regional reach. Submarine missiles primarily support credible second-strike nuclear deterrence.
6 minutes
Coaxial cable and tower, Glenbrook.
Cyber

As Pacific Islands wire up, scammers squeezed out of Southeast Asia are taking note

Expanding internet access through cables and Starlink brings opportunities; but stronger laws and regional cooperation are essential to prevent organised crime. Small, temporary scam-operations may replace larger criminal compounds. Trafficked workers require protection.
6 minutes
HMAS Bathurst, Noumea
Strategic Influence

New Caledonia’s reckoning goes beyond the ballot

Recent Provincial elections follow seven years of political delays, and may settle immediate political questions. Lasting stability, however, depends on reducing longstanding social and economic inequality. Without meaningful reform, future unrest is likely to continue.
4 minutes
Air & Space Power

France picks THUNDART for Long-Range Strike

France has entered final negotiations to field the THUNDART precision rocket, providing the French Army with a sovereign 150-kilometre deep-strike capability featuring jam-resistant guidance, modular integration and ITAR-free export flexibility.
2 minutes
Artificial Intelligence

3 ways AI is transforming security operations - and where it delivers real impact

AI is delivering practical benefits to security operations by improving telemetry analysis, accelerating threat detection and response, and augmenting analyst decision-making; although fully autonomous SOCs remain aspirational and require careful implementation to avoid inflated expectations.
3 minutes
Strategic Influence

South China Sea joint statement says China's maritime claims have no basis

Fourteen countries reaffirmed a 2016 tribunal ruling rejecting China’s South China Sea claims as legally baseless. China dismissed the ruling, defended its sovereignty claims, blamed external powers for tensions, and protested Japan’s support.
2 minutes
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Strategic Influence

NATO’s new Airborne Warning and Control System is announced

Eleven NATO Allies jointly selected Saab GlobalEye as NATO’s next Airborne Warning and Control System, enhancing multi-domain surveillance, early warning and interoperability while replacing part of the Alliance’s ageing Boeing E-3 AWACS fleet.
1 minutes
HMS Anson, departs HMAS Stirling
Communication & Cognition

China’s submarine missile test looks routine. The real story is the panic it triggered

Similar tests are regularly conducted by nuclear powers, but the short notice raised legitimate aviation and maritime safety concerns. China’s land-based missiles already provide extensive regional reach. Submarine missiles primarily support credible second-strike nuclear deterrence.
6 minutes
Coaxial cable and tower, Glenbrook.
Cyber

As Pacific Islands wire up, scammers squeezed out of Southeast Asia are taking note

Expanding internet access through cables and Starlink brings opportunities; but stronger laws and regional cooperation are essential to prevent organised crime. Small, temporary scam-operations may replace larger criminal compounds. Trafficked workers require protection.
6 minutes
Artificial Intelligence

3 ways AI is transforming security operations - and where it delivers real impact

AI is delivering practical benefits to security operations by improving telemetry analysis, accelerating threat detection and response, and augmenting analyst decision-making; although fully autonomous SOCs remain aspirational and require careful implementation to avoid inflated expectations.
3 minutes
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