Australia

A Chinese military-intelligence ship was spotted last week lurking near US and Australian ships taking part in the Talisman Saber war games. The Auxiliary General Intelligence ship from China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy was seen in international waters off the coast of northeast Australia, Australian defense officials confirmed to the Australian Broadcasting Company in a statement. “The […]

Military aviation makes for some very interesting photos. The closer you look, the more you see. Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia – An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft lifts off from a hilltop during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 18, 2017. The MV-22B is the Marine Corps’ […]

United States and Australian defense officials conducted a joint test of a new missile platform capable of reaching hypersonic speeds earlier this month.  The test featured the new HiFiRe Scramjet vehicle, which is said to be able to carry payloads at speeds in excess of six thousand miles per hour.  A missile platform capable of […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s military will be more readily deployed to respond to “terrorist incidents” on home soil under proposed changes to laws announced by the government on Monday. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said state and territory police forces would remain as the first response to such incidents, but the military would offer support […]

Australia has suspended air combat missions over Syria after Russia had threatened that it would treat any plane from the US-led coalition flying west of the Euphrates River as a potential target. This was in the aftermath of a US F-18 shooting down a Syrian SU-22 on Sunday after the pilot bombed pro-coalition SDF forces outside of […]

American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis appeared alongside their Australian counterparts, Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop and Minister for Defense Marise Payne, at the 2017 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) Conference in Sydney, Australia on Monday.  The government officials from each nation reaffirmed the importance of their alliance with one […]

Melbourne, Australia- A 29-year-old gunman identified as Yacqub Khayre called a local news station to declare his allegiance to the Islamic State while holding a woman hostage in an apartment building at approximately 4 pm local time. After two hours, Victoria Police shot and killed Khayre when he approached them firing a shotgun, freeing the female hostage. […]

Australia will send an additional 30 troops to join the NATO-led training and assistance mission in Afghanistan, bringing its total deployment there to 300, Defense Minister Marise Payne said on Monday. NATO requested more troops last month as U.S. President Donald Trump considers whether to expand the operation by several thousand, 16 years into the […]

On Thursday, May 25, 2017 the United Kingdom announced that they will cease sharing intelligence information as a result of the latest leak by the United States in the investigation into the Manchester bombing incident on Monday, May 22nd. Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, stated that investigation has been “compromised by the leaks and we can’t […]

The United States has begun the new process known as “extreme vetting” for a group of refugees being held at an island detention center run by Australia. The refugees are part of a previously negotiated deal between the governments of Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia, and former President Barack Obama, Reuters reports. President Trump […]

Here in the United States, we tend to reflect on history as it pertains to us.  We look back at the tragedy of war through a specifically American perspective, and with good reason.  Our holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans Day aren’t intended to simply celebrate the service and sacrifice of the brave men and […]

New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English was flying to the mountainous resort city of Queenstown on Tuesday to meet intelligence officials from the “Five Eyes” network, which includes the U.S. FBI, CIA and National Security Agency. The meetings, designed to facilitate intelligence sharing between the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, are […]