Tag: Defence

Exercises are scheduled for Queensland and the NT, with more than a thousand personnel involved, Department of Defence announces.

Country’s new space defence capability begins operating next year and will cost taxpayers around $7-billion over the following decade.

Decommissioning of the first of the Armidale-class patrol boats clears the way for introduction of new Arafura patrol vessel fleet from 2022.

First female commander for Aussie task force in annual exercise involving the warships of 11 regional partner nations.

Scott Morrison stressed this was an international mission, but so far the United Kingdom is the only other country to have signed up.

“We are deeply concerned by the heightened tensions in the region and we strongly condemn the attacks on shipping in the Gulf of Oman." - Australia's Defence Minister Linda Reynolds

SPECIAL FEATURE: Based at Faslane are Britain’s nuclear armed Trident submarines while at nearby Coulport a mind boggling 220 nuclear weapons are stored inside a mountain. Protesters have been keeping watch for 35 years and counting.

The North Korean statement from a spokesman for the ministry of foreign affairs, reported by the state news agency KCNA, described Malcolm Turnbull’s remarks about ANZUS as “reckless”.

Russia says it will treat coalition aircraft west of the Euphrates as potential targets and track them with missile systems and military aircraft, following downing of Syrian jet by US.

Australia may have the largest military in Oceania, but how does it measure up with the world at large?

Plans approved to send 300 Australian military personnel to train Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State.

Talk about laying down the LaWS. After months of in-service testing, they have pretty much got this thing working properly. Watch the US Navy fire their shiny new "laser" gun. Yes, seriously!

RAAF planes will commence support operations over Iraq on Wednesday in the fight against Islamic State, with a final decision to join strike operations immanent.

The prime minister says he would like to return to Arnhem Land, after send-off to Mid-East deployment, to fulfil his promise indigenous community.

600 Australian personnel to join US military action against Islamic State in Iraq but PM insists it’s not like 2003.

The federal government will spend $300 million so Australian warships are better protected against the threat of anti-ship missiles.

Defence and trade have dominated the first leader-level meeting between Tony Abbott and Barack Obama.

Defence Minister says Canberra would welcome armed forces from the UK utilising Australian facilities much like the US is doing in Darwin.

Further details of the conduct of the Australian army’s so-called “Jedi Council” have been disclosed via the media, and includes senior officers and long-serving members of the defence force.

Defence has launched a massive investigation into more than 100 army and other personnel over the distribution of offensive images of women.