Maritime Matters

Maritime Matters Episode Title: Exercise Kakadu and the Strategic Fleet In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: • Exercise Kakadu • Attacks in the Black Sea • HMAS Sydney in Operation ARGOS • US-China Military Talks • JMSDF Aircraft Carriers • The Strategic Fleet Tender • NUSHIP Arafura trials Links Mentioned: • Army’s continual adaptation mindset https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/armys-continual-adaptation-mindset/news-story/308f27ac141cb05909b498192320ae51 • The Australian centenary history of defence: Vol 6 Australian defence : sources and statistics, ed. Joan Beaumont with Vijaya Joshi https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/757262

Maritime Matters Episode Title: Australia to take command of CTF 153 & incidents at Sabina Shoal In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: - Australia to take Command of CTF 153, Combined Maritime Forces - Tensions flare at Sabina Shoal: Philippines - China - Australia to produce Naval Strike Missile - AUKUS Submarine maintenance in Western Australia - Did you know: The Combined Maritime Forces

Maritime Matters Episode Title: HMAS Sydney SM6 Firing & Australia and Indonesia Defence Agreements In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: - Chins PLAAF aircraft launches flares in the vicinity of a Philippines aircraft at Scarborough Shoal - HMAS Sydney fires SM6 in Hawaii - The AUKUS Treaty: A Major Milestone - Investing in the Ghost Shark industrial base - Delivering the Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boat

Maritime Matters Episode Title: South China Sea, Indian Ocean and everywhere in between. In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: • Indian Ocean Defence Symposium 2024. • Philippines - China Second Thomas Shoal agreement. • China's research ships in the Indian Ocean. • Should Australia do more in the Red Sea? • Army landing craft capability acceleration. • RIMPAC SINKEX & much more.

Maritime Matters Episode Title: China-Philippines Agreement & Recoverable UUVs In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: • China-Philippines Agreement • China-Russia Naval Exercises • Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea • Deploying Recoverable UUVs. • Naval Strike Missile • Decommissioning of Hydrographic Survey

Maritime Matters Episode Title: Pitch Black, SEA 3000 & Canadian submarines In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: • Richard's new AUKUS Article • ITS Cavour at Exercise Pitch Black • Japanese destroyer in Chinese Territorial waters • SEA 3000 - What do we know? • New Canadian submarines Links: Control of the sea is worth gambling on AUKUS - Richard Dunley https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/control-of-the-sea-is-worth-gambling-on-aukus-20240708-p5jrtg Project Sea 3000: What we know - Ben Felton https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/project-sea-3000-what-we-know

Maritime Matters Episode Title: RIMPAC and AUKUS articles In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: • RIMPAC & Australian commitment to the exercise • Chinese Philippines Dialogue • AUKUS articles in the Australian Finanical Review • US Submarine Tender and Dragonfire Directed Energy Weapons • Did you know? Australian Aircraft Carrier Acquisition The ABC Fact Check article mentioned in the podcast can be found here - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-26/fact-check-richard-marles-oldest-surface-fleet-wwii/104023268

Maritime Matters Episode Title: 21 June China's new coastguard regulation & Australian Replenishment ships In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: • New publications from Richard and Jen: AUKUS Optimal Pathway: Optimal Pathway: the best option left - Richard Dunley https://www.ussc.edu.au/is-australias-aukus-submarine-pathway-really-optimal Small Mobile Pieces of National Sovereignty?—Uncrewed Vessels, Naval Diplomacy, and the Challenge of Signaling - Richard Dunley https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol77/iss1/4/ Time to promote a woman as deputy chief of Navy - Jennifer Parker https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/time-to-promote-a-woman-as-deputy-chief-of-navy-20240620-p5jnae • China's new Coastguard regulation Reading links: The South China Sea Dog That Hasn’T Barked … Yet - Zack Cooper and Greg Poling https://warontherocks.com/2024/06/the-south-china-sea-dog-that-hasnt-barked-yet/ • Chinese interception of resupply at Second Thomas Shoal - Continued escalation • Defects on Australian replenishment vessels

Maritime Matters Episode Title: Shangri-La Dialogue and AUKUS submarines In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: • Shangri-La Dialogue • Chinese interception of resupply at Second Thomas Shoal • Update from VADM Jonathon Mead about AUKUS Pillar 1 • Collins Class LOTE • Did you know? Australian Army Watercraft

Maritime Matters Episode Title: Exercise Joint Sword 2024A In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including: • Exercise Joint Sword 2024A, China’s exercises off the coast of Taiwan • South Australia’s deal with Huntington Ingalls Industries • Decommissioning of HMAS Anzac & HMAS Huon • Collins Class LOTE • Did you know? Taiwan Median Line & ADIZ