Publication:Australian Maritime Doctrine
Launched on Thursday 5 October 2000 at the CDS/CN conference in Canberra by the former Chief of Navy, VADM David Shackleton AO, RAN the Australian Maritime Doctrine explains how the Royal Australian Navy thinks about, prepares for and operates in peace and conflict. It sets out Navy's place within a joint and integrated Australian Defence Force and its roles in Australia's military strategy. It shows the ways in which the RAN provides its unique and essential contribution to the overall ADF effort to protect Australia's security interests.
Australian Maritime Doctrine fills a gap in Australian military maritime writing that has traditionally existed between the strategic and operational levels. The book is open circulation and draws together aspects such as armed conflict, strategic policy, the maritime environment, maritime strategic concepts, maritime operational concepts, maritime forces and maritime campaigning.
The Sea Power Centre-Australia distributes the Australian Maritime Doctrine in hard copy and on CD widely throughout the Navy and Defence. The full contents of the first edition of Australian Maritime Doctrine is also available online here by following the links below.
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Australian Maritime Doctrine - Document List
| Contents | |
| Preliminary Pages | PDF (1.6Mb) |
| Foreword | |
| Executive Summary | PDF (31kb) |
| Chapter 1 - Understanding Maritime Doctrine | PDF (509kb) |
| Chapter 2 - The Maritime Environment | PDF (514kb) |
| Chapter 3 - Armed Conflict | PDF (1.5Mb) |
| Chapter 4 - Strategic Policy | PDF (952kb) |
| Chapter 5 - Maritime Strategic Concepts | PDF (1.8Mb) |
| Chapter 6 - Maritime Operational Concepts | PDF (609kb) |
| Chapter 7 - Maritime Operations | PDF (3.5Mb) |
| Chapter 8 - The Most Important Factor | PDF (1.7Mb) |
| Chapter 9 - Enablers of Maritime Forces | PDF (1.1Mb) |
| Chapter 10 - Constituents of Maritime Forces | PDF (4.3Mb) |
| Chapter 11 - Maritime Campaigning | PDF (1.95Mb) |
| Chapter 12 - Future Australian Maritime Forces | PDF (703kb) |
| Notes on Sources and Acknowledgements | PDF (47kb) |
| Notes on Sources | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Acronyms and Abbreviations | PDF (25kb) |
| Glossary | PDF (110kb) |
| Index | PDF (729kb) |
Enquiries regarding Australian Maritime Doctrine should be directed to the Sea Power Centre-Australia
