Since my planned birdwatching trip to western New South Wales was cancelled due the current fuel...
Strategy & Capability
America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to deliver a military able to fight everyone – except China…..
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
The Gulf collective defence exercise: a war no one | RSS.com Marcus calls into the Grumpy...
Our Kentucky Colonel masters deflection, the War & AUKUS sub outcomes – magical thinking meets US & UK partner realities
Our Kentucky Colonel masters deflection, the War & | RSS.com Well, despite the great news from...
AUKUS submarines: US and UK partners show the realities facing Australia’s small fleet
In 2056, 30 years from now, when Australia has eight nuclear powered submarines (SSNs), we will...
Sea lanes, straits & subs: How many nuclear subs to open Hormuz?
The war between the US, Israel and Iran is now entering its fourth week, and despite the loss of...
The tragic death of the Major Projects Report: a crime with 3 culprits & 27 million victims
6 March 2026 is the day we can say that transparency around Australia’s Department of Defence...
A lonely America experiences its unipolar moment
Donald Trump’s greatest legacy is not going to be some kind of American economic renewal. It will...
Trump the unilateralist becomes Trump the multilateralist – for now
After making a global mess, US President Donald Trump wants everyone else to clean it up. ...
The Iran war: Australia joins the “Coalescing of the Partly Willing”
Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts – Trump tries for the Big Maduro
Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts - Trump | RSS.com Marcus and Michael reflect on their...
Deceased estate: Oz Defence sells the silver to fund poor lifestyle choices, & US obliterating Iranian nukes (again).
Deceased estate: Oz Defence sells the silver to fu | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists look at the...
Penguins, not principles, key to Australia’s Trump management – & Ozzie maritime strategy tied to a collapsing US Navy
Penguins, not principles, key to Australia's Trump | RSS.com Marcus & Michael pull together a...
Trump shows what coercing the neighbourhood looks like
Donald Trump ordered the US military and CIA to abduct Venezuela’s president Maduro and his wife...
Trump’s edifice complex gets Grumpy, & 2025 strategic & Aussie military takeaways
Trump's edifice complex gets Grumpy, & 2025 strate | RSS.com What's in a name? The Trumpy...