15 September 2021 seems a long time ago in AUKUS land. That’s when Scott Morrison (‘that...
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Triton drones: Defence is on autopilot, with Ministers along for the ride
The Department of Defence has convinced Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and the PM-chaired...
Sevastopol, $200 million Triton drones and Australian industry
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Podcast: Naval shipbuilding without ships & a Navy review about what?
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Australia can’t be a bystander as Washington’s submarine debate grows
Two years on from the AUKUS announcement in September 2021 and only 6 months from Joe Biden, Rishi...
Podcast: the Defence Strategic Review health check
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Talisman Sabre 2023: big lessons from a large exercise
The biggest version of Talisman Sabre ever conducted ended on 8 August. This high-end...
Mobilisation and making things: how US industry won the war
Freedom’s Forge by Arthur Herman is unapologetic about how free enterprise, creativity and...
The East Coast nuclear submarine base decision is needed now, not in 2033
US Republicans in Congress are pushing the Biden Administration to put more funding into US...
Saltwater Strategists podcast “The China Challenge” and Australian security
A podcast covering strategy, capability, the region, China and the US recorded with Saltwater...
Australia and Germany help ourselves to jobs and vehicles while Ukraine fights a war
Ukraine’s military is running out of ammunition and other military supplies. The problem is...
Ukraine and China: déjà vu all over again for Mr Albanese at NATO
Anthony Albanese faces a testing trip to the NATO meeting in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius,...
Defence can’t fix itself and that matters for our security
How trusting of Deputy Prime Minister Marles to receive a scathing report about how broken the...
UK’s Barrow-in-Furness gives a glimpse of Australia’s AUKUS subs program
It’s a real positive that prime mInister Albanese took the time to visit Barrow-in-Furness, the UK...
Beijing’s empty words mean deterrence, not dialogue, will prevent war
Australian prime minister Albanese isn’t the only one talking about the need for ‘guardrails’ in...