Doktrin Maritim Australia adalah adiknya doktrin Angkatan Laut Kerajaan Australia. Doktrin tersebut merupakan panduan untuk memahami sifat unik sumbangan RAN terhadap keamanan nasional.
Te function of maritime power is to win and keep control of the seas for ones own use and to deny such control to ones adversaries.
The sea, as much as the land, is a place where man seeks to prove his strength.
Australia is and always has been a maritime nation. From the earliest days of European settlement, the people of Australia have looked to the sea for their security. Protection was first provided under the umbrella of Imperial Defence and the Royal Navy. Later, as the nation matured, the need was identified to establish a local navy, manned and commanded by Australians.
Dalam suasana sindrom peristiwa 12 November 1991, pemerintah RI harus berhadapan dengan para aktivis anti integrasi Timor-Timur.
The present evolution of naval technologies seems to favor the theory that, for all navies, the era of big surface ships and even big submarines might be nearing its end, in favor of smaller, faster, more numerous and more flexible platforms and the blurring ot the civil-military distinction in the oceans.