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Japan's cabinet approves a record defence budget plan aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defence amid rising regional tensions.

Australia is supplying raw materials vital for China's military build-up, while at the same time signing up to be a partner of choice for the United States as it seeks to break Beijing's critical minerals stranglehold. 

Remnants of a shipwreck in Jervis Bay have maritime archaeologists puzzled and wondering what else could be nearby.

A former RAAF jet fighter will be rebuilt by an amateur team of restorers in the second such project for a south-west New South Wales men's shed.

Peaceful European NATO nations that support Ukraine are repeatedly being targeted by mysterious drone incursions, and experts say dozens in the past month appear to have links to Russia.

The federal government says it will not make a decision on the location of the nuclear submarine base until later this decade, but Illawarra institutions — from unions to churches — are sending a strong message now. 

Anthony Albanese was meant to emerge from his recent flurry of Pacific diplomacy holding no fewer than two major agreements — instead he's returning home conspicuously empty-handed.

Less than a year after its announcement, the Department of Defence quietly scraps a procurement promising to scale up production at Thales Australia's north-east Victorian facility.

Australia is responding to China's display of military power by building closer ties with partners like Japan and racing to "modernise and build our defence force", Richard Marles says, as Penny Wong cautions Daniel Andrews over his decision to attend. 

The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the test proved the missiles effective in countering aerial threats such as drones and cruise missiles. 

How the US employed distraction and misdirection to fly an 18-hour stealth-mode mission and drop 14 "bunker-busting" bombs on Iran's nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer

A man has been taken to hospital after an army vehicle rollover near a major Australian military training area in central Queensland. 

Israel's multi-layered air defences are the envy of militaries around the world. Here's how the Iron Dome, David's Sling and Arrow systems work against drone and missile strikes. 

The deputy PM's comments followed assurances from US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that the Trump administration would not abandon its allies in the Indo-Pacific to Chinese military and economic pressure.

Australia could get its own version of the UK's decorated Gurkha warriors under a new security treaty expected to allow PNG citizens to join the ADF.

A fleet of retired tanks the Albanese government pledged to Ukraine last year remain stuck in Australia, with defence figures in part blaming resistance from the United States for their delayed transfer.

China's new cable cutter has been making headlines, but how much of a threat is it really? 

The tiny Pacific island of Tinian was once used to cause the most devastating blast in human history. Now its 80-year-old airfield is being brought back to life, and locals fear history could repeat itself.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence technology, according to state media.

The latest in autonomous marine technology has been showcased during secretive AUKUS exercises on the NSW south coast with defence officials signalling Japan could soon be involved in the maritime activity.