Maritime Matters is a weekly podcast where Jennifer Parker (www.jennifer-parker.com.au) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard-dunley) discuss the weekly maritime issues impacting Australia, and the wider Indo-Pacific's security.
Maritime Matters | RIMPAC 2026, Indonesia’s One-Way Attack USV & US Foreign-Built Warships
In this episode of Maritime Matters, we look at some of the key maritime security and capability developments shaping the Indo-Pacific.
We discuss:
RIMPAC 2026 and the testing of AUKUS Pillar II undersea capabilities, including autonomous and remotely operated systems
Operation Island Chief and Australia’s support to Pacific-led fisheries surveillance in Solomon Islands
The recent Indonesia-China passing exercise east of Taiwan and the political reaction it generated
The engineering casualty that left USS Benfold without power in the South China Sea
The latest on Collins-class submarine sustainment and the move towards a revised maintenance model
Indonesia’s demonstration of a one-way attack unmanned surface vessel and the wider debate over sea denial, geography and navigational rights
The US decision to explore allied foreign-built warship designs as it tries to address shipbuilding delays and industrial capacity constraints
We also look at what these developments tell us about the changing character of maritime competition, the growing role of uncrewed systems, and the pressure on naval industrial capacity across the region.
Recorded 20 August 2026.
14 Jul 2026
Episode 43: Chinese Ballistic Missile Tests, Antelope Reef & Royal Navy Uncrewed Systems
Maritime Matters Episode Title: Chinese Ballistic Missile Tests, Antelope Reef & Royal Navy Uncrewed Systems
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 recent maritime events in the Indo-Pacific, including:
Australia-India Defence Agreement
Chinese Missile Tests
Island Building at Antelope Reef
Royal Navy Uncrewed Systems
Australian IAMD tests
Public Attitudes Towards the Australian Defence Force: 2026 Survey - https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/unsw-canberra/hass/2026-07-5253529-PublicAttitudeTowardsTheADFSurveyReport-Final.pdf
28 Jun 2026
Episode 42: Regional Presence Deployments, RIMPAC and North Korean Destroyers
Maritime Matters Episode Title: Regional Presence Deployments, RIMPAC and North Korean Destroyers
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 recent maritime events in the Indo-Pacific, including:
Regional Presence Deployments
RIMPAC
PLA Navy Deployments
North Korea Commissions its Destroyer
India to get German Submarines
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