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AUKUS is still a toddler with a long way to go
15 September 2021 seems a long time ago in AUKUS land. That’s when Scott Morrison (‘that...
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...
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...
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...
Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power. By Mark Wortman (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2022) 310 pages.
Hyman Rickover served in the United States Navy for 63 years. He pioneered nuclear propulsion and...
Biden skipping Sydney Quad meeting’s bad, but our underwhelming Strategic Review is worse
US President Joe Biden’s decision not to attend a summit of the Quad countries in Sydney is...
Saltwater Strategists Podcast: AUKUS, DSR and Australia’s Maritime Capability
In this Australian Naval Institute Saltwater Strategists podcast, Dr Marcus Hellyer, Head of...
Unpacking the cost of our nuclear-powered submarine program
The government has said that the cost of buying and operating our eight nuclear-powered submarines...
AUKUS pillar two needs more than Defence
Amidst recent speculation over the Defence Strategic Review and budget funding, it’s far from...
Critics and cheerleading aside, Albanese’s defence strategy has Australia in good company
The first big national security decision prime minister Albanese has taken is on how Australia...
Defence should hand over David Peever Review for AUKUS or fail on ambitions
The media headlines were all about submarines but innovation will be the productive core of the...
It’s time to return fire against AUKUS naysayers
The AUKUS pathway for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines is barely 10 days old. Already it is...
Twelve steps towards delivering a successful defence program
Given the world’s tough economic outlook and the eroding geo-strategic situation, Anthony Albanese...
Subs “optimal pathway” sacrifices simplicity for speed, while digital tech cooperation lags
President Biden, prime minister Albanese and UK prime minister Sunak have now told the world what...