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Strategy & Capability
AUKUS: from strategic partnership to a deal kept on the road by Aussie cash
No one should take any comfort from the recent engagement that Defence Minister Richard Marles had...
AUKUS Grifter Watch—Beware breathless claims of economic benefits
Last year I warned about the proliferation of unsubstantiated claims about the economic benefits...
Episode 31: Biden valedictory, Trump 2.0 prelude, & Bad Santa’s little Canberra helpers release more reviews
Episiode 31- Biden valedictory, Trump 2.0 prelude | RSS.com Marcus and Michael are back after a...
Trump 2.0: new deals on AUKUS and defence spending
In his second incarnation as US President, Donald Trump will be more certain of his own instincts...
Funding the Defence of Australia in 2025: 6 recommendations for urgent change
No-one wants war, but the risk of conflict in our region is substantially growing, and we could...
This will be a year of living with danger
If you thought 2024 was hard for defence and security, the outlook at the beginning of 2025...
Drug lords’ long range narco subs show what Australian Navy needs
‘Narco-subs’ are semi-submersible vessels drug lords have used for at least a decade to smuggle...
Scandalous US warship program would be a shining success here in Australia
A troubled US Navy frigate program looks like a humming top of efficiency and value compared to...
18 Ways To Leave Your Lover: a big tech view of the Pentagon
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar has put out a compelling diagnosis of Pentagon capability acquisition...
Defence’s disappointing Annual Report & Hypersonic Hyperbole meets Houthi hard work
Defence's disappointing Annual Report & Hypersoni | RSS.com In Episode 30, Marcus and Michael look...
Right Here Right Now: Unleashing Australian know-how to grow military power fast
This is the third report in the IPA-SAA Blueprint for Defence series that provides an action plan...
Australia’s Ghost Fleet—The strange saga of the Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessels
Last year the US Navy’s Ghost Fleet visited Australia. This squadron consists of uncrewed surface...
Where’s the defence dollar going? Not to Australian medium and small companies
Australian defence industry is struggling through a period of cognitive dissonance. The Albanese...
Australia’s defence: Trump will notice our grand words aren’t matched by actions
Many people are saying many things about what a second Donald Trump term in the White House might...