Key Points The plan to put all six Collins-class submarines through an extensive and risky life of...
The post-Budget blues edition: Backloaded cash, unachievable plans and Collins dies young
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
The post Budget blues edition: Backloaded cash wit | RSS.com In Episode 18, the Grumpy Strategists...
The 2024-25 Defence budget: one project to rule them
The name of the project to deliver Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) is now public:...
Finding the money for submarines is squeezing the Australian Defence Force
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles unleashed a blizzard of numbers yesterday when he launched...
Devalued words and dollars damage Australia’s security
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Devalued words and dollars damage Australia's secu | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists assess the...
Crisis? What Crisis? Policy Perspectives and Strategic Coherence
This is an edited version of an address to the Sir Richard Williams Foundation Conference on the...
Subs, Subs, Subs – 5 big events in the undersea world of AUKUS submarines
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Subs, Subs, subs - 5 big events in the undersea wo | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists cover US...
US SSN(X) decision reveals a more optimal SSN pathway for Australia
There’s been a lot of focus on nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) in Australia in the last...
Getting a clear view of the cloudy budget for Australia’s nuclear submarine program
This brief has been updated since Senate estimates hearings on the Defence portfolio on 14...
Megaprojects: Taking Flyvberg’s ‘outside view’ on Australia’s nuclear submarine program
Will Australia’s AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) program deliver as promised? The...
Will Trump sink AUKUS if he wins?
A second Trump presidency is not a certainty, but a forward-thinking Australian government would...
2024: elections in a fragmenting world; Future Fund forgets Australian industry – & export controls, again
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 9 - 2024: global elections bring a fragmenting world, investing everywhere but into...
Awkward truths about US and UK AUKUS challenges
Three reports over the past two months are required reading for anyone involved in or scrutinising...
A glimpse of things to come – AUKUS hastens slowly
Last weekend the three AUKUS defence ministers met in California to reflect on what their joint...
AUKUS own goals – Australia’s disastrous new draft export controls
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
AUKUS own goals - Australia's new draft export controls | RSS.com "It looks like Australia just...











