Unaccountable rises: A Defence leadership Trifecta | RSS.com Marcus and Michael each pick their...
Retreat from Singapore: Richard Marles succeeds in getting all used subs from America. The new ones are rubbish.
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Retreat from Singapore: Richard Marles succeeds in | RSS.com In history, a retreat from Singapore...
Submarine plan U-turns: why public trust on AUKUS is falling
Black is white and up is down. There’s a reason Australians are losing trust in their government...
Defence Senate Estimates 2026: 13 questions for reluctant officials
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Strategic Analysis Australia is publishing a baker’s dozen sets of questions on the Defence...
A decade of Collins subs mismanagement results in promotions all round, but alarm bells for AUKUS
Speaking last week, Defence Minister Richard Marles called the Collins class submarines...
Australia’s Collins subs life extension scandal: 10 years of failure covered up until the Auditors came – & the UK’s 1st Sea Lord takes truth serum
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Australia's Collins subs life extension scandal: 1 | RSS.com Marcus and Michael go through the...
Oz Budgets: the Unhappy meet the Disappointed. Big Defence numbers get small. And the cage fight in Beijing.
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Oz Budgets: the Unhappy meet the Disappointed. Big | RSS.com Michael and Marcus argue furiously...
Zen and the Art of Defence investment: big numbers for everyone – Episode 70
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Zen and the Art of Defence investment: big numbers | RSS.com A Zen temple helps Marcus seek...
Bondi Royal Commission: Bell’s first test
Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell faces her first test on Thursday with the reception of her...
Behind the hoopla, the Government is leaving our military badly under-equipped in the drone era
We’re meant to be celebrating the Albanese Government’s amazing new plan to adapt the Australian...
Australia’s brand new, but old, Defence plan: a strategy of denial – that the world has changed
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
The Grumpy Strategists cover Australia's new defen | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists respond to...
The 2026 National Defence Strategy & investment plan: The world has changed – but Australia’s defence plans haven’t
Having read the 215 pages of the Australian Government's revised strategy and investment plan, two...
America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to deliver a military able to fight everyone – except China…..
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
America's wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to | RSS.com Back in the SAA Bunker deep in the...
The Gulf collective defence exercise: a war no one admits to fighting
by Michael Shoebridge and Marcus Hellyer
The Gulf collective defence exercise: a war no one | RSS.com Marcus calls into the Grumpy...
Tired of winning: US government shows how to lose an industry & hurt its friends
We’re told the Trump Administration is playing 16-dimensional chess in its reshaping of the world...









