2024 with a bang: Escalating war with de-escalating words, May budget expectations & broken...
Marcus Hellyer
Indicators & warnings for a troubled Defence Force – & an unwanted but necessary Christmas gift
The Christmas-New Year Edition - indicators and warnings for the Defence Force - and a Christmas...
2024: elections in a fragmenting world; Future Fund forgets Australian industry – & export controls, again
Episode 9 - 2024: global elections bring a fragmenting world, investing everywhere but into...
Landing craft create paths for shipbuilding
Finally there is some good news in the defence shipbuilding space. On Thursday 24 November, the...
AUKUS own goals – Australia’s disastrous new draft export controls
AUKUS own goals - Australia's new draft export controls | RSS.com "It looks like Australia just...
The Travel and Accountability edition: Tuvalu, leadership failure and the Hunter frigates – and the B-21
The Travel and Accountability Edition: Tuvalu, leadership failure & the Hunter frigates, and the...
Despite AUKUS, the Navy’s strategic risk is growing
Eighteen months ago, I wrote in The Australian that “there are very dark clouds on the capability...
Grumpy Strategists: The Estimates Edition
The Estimates Edition: a recruitment crisis, fragile fleets & lessons from America | RSS.com In...
Defence budget gloom sinks in
“Gentlemen, we have run out of money, now we have to think”, is a quote attributed both to the...
Battlefield helicopters: the ghost of failed capability transitions yet to come?
The ghost of Christmas yet to come scared the bejesus out of old Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles...
The Israel-Hamas war, deterrence failures & hostage diplomacy Beijing style
The Israel-Hamas war, deterrence failures & hostage diplomacy Beijing style | RSS.com In this...
Podcast: Army shape shifting, helicopter troubles & Mr Albanese goes to Washington & Beijing
Army shape shifting, helicopter troubles & Mr Albanese goes to Washington & Beijing | RSS.com In...
Sevastopol, $200 million Triton drones and Australian industry
Sevastopol, $200 million Triton drones and Australian industry | RSS.com Marcus Hellyer and...
How to stop underestimating Australian industry’s capacity for our defence
Australian defence exports have been in the news, with reports that Australian equipment is having...
Australia & Triton: a user’s guide for what not to do with UAVs
One element of President Biden’s FY2024 defense budget that has not attracted much attention here...