Military Equipment

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.

A PC-21 plane is damaged in a runway crash involving a student pilot at an RAAF base in East Sale.

There's a treasure trove of vintage flying machines to discover and admire around the country — including Mustangs, Spitfires and Kittyhawks — if you know where to look.

The second day of demonstration comes following fiery clashes on Wednesday that saw 42 protesters arrested and dozens of police officers injured.

Protesters have punched horses and pelted officers with rocks, cans of baked beans, horse manure and acid, says the chief commissioner. Meanwhile, police have been accused of using excessive force.

Australia's Defence Industry Minister plays down concerns over the storage of nuclear waste on an island off Perth's coast, saying the level of radioactive material being handled there is minimal.

A lightweight US-made drone that carries an explosive payload and fits in a backpack will soon enter service with the Australian Defence Force following its successful use on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Satellite images show much of the Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab in ruins after months of Israeli air strikes, offering a glimpse of the scale of damage in one of Hezbollah's main bastions in south Lebanon.

A Pacific patrol boat has run aground on its maiden voyage in Fiji, just a few months after it was handed over by the Australian government.

An electrically powered drone able to travel almost 200 kilometres or loiter in the air for 30 minutes carrying a lethal payload will be brought into service by the Australian Army before the end of the year.

They are likely the most-recognisable fighter in the Royal Australian Air Force, but the days of spotting a F/A-18 "Classic Hornet" could be over.

Journalist Alex Barwick has lived in Alice Springs for 16 years but she's only recently dared to investigate Pine Gap, the ultra-secretive US spy base in her own backyard. 

The US acknowledges its 2,000-pound bombs cause civilian deaths in Gaza and will pause supply on a shipment of the heavy weapons to Israel over concerns about their use in Rafah. 

Kevin Graham bought a collection of 150 model ships a year ago. He's astonished to have sold all but three of them in the following 12 months.

Sam Darke said he and other servicemen were "shocked" when they bore witness to Britain's nuclear bomb test at South Australia's Emu Field, feeling treated like "guinea pigs" who wore no protection and were simply told to cover their eyes.

As flashes of bright light flew through the skies over the ABC's Jerusalem bureau, we wondered what the coming days would hold for the Middle East.

Australia and its AUKUS partners, the US and UK, are considering including Japan in some of the alliance's advanced technology projects, the three countries' defence ministers confirm. 

Scores of people have been killed across Ukraine and Russia as both sides continues aerial attacks using missiles and drones.

A former Ukrainian MP urges Australia to provide more support to the country's war effort, after the efficacy of a deal struck with France last year to provide shells to the country's military comes under the microscope.  

It was a routine army training exercise that went terribly wrong. Three men died and eight amphibious vehicles sank when a convoy encountered bad weather and heavy seas at the Stockton Bight on March 8, 1954.