Germany says it will begin playing a bigger part in military exercises with its Western allies to help counteract the growing build-up of China's armed forces in the Indo-Pacific.

12 US Marine Corps F-35Bs—normally based in Japan—will be deployed to Australia and, while in Australia, will be practising a US Marine Corps concept known as ‘Expeditionary Advanced Basing Operations’.

Despite Germany's strong trade and energy dependence on Russia and China, it and France are showing a tangible commitment to the Indo-Pacific region.

Exercise Pitch Black is a biennial three-week multi-national large force employment exercise mainly conducted in and over the Northern Territory.

Sixteen nations are currently participating alongside Australia in Exercise Pitch Black. The biennial exercise aims to enhance interoperability and develop strong relationships between participating military forces.

During the biennial military exercise Pitch Black, fighter jets get most of the attention. However, airpower capability does not just involve fighters but depends on many things, such as platforms that can provide an early warning of enemy aircraft

For years data centres have been set up in Eire, but the Irish grid can no longer support them.

Images show the Moon tinged red and gunmetal blue (its true colours) as it faces Earth.

Humans construct extremely complex social, institutional and technological systems that can generate even more complexity.

The war in Ukraine has led to European countries looking for alternative supplies for Russian piped gas—but supplies must come by sea, and there is a shortage of tankers.