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Defence Budget
Two ministers, two defence policies — same old delusions
The Albanese government has given us two defence ministers: Richard “Call me Deputy Prime...
The Naval tsunami that’ll swamp industry and starve the rest of the ADF
There’s a tsunami coming. It’s the huge surge of work needed to deliver Australia’s naval...
Success with armed drones comes from numbers and domestic production, not small US contracts
Australia’s Department of Defence has found a way to buy a small number of small Switchblade armed...
Consequences, consequences: budget settings starve the Air Force & a bureaucracy avoids scrutiny
Structural troubles ahead: a starving Air Force & | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists outline the...
The enduring structural distortion from the ADF’s shipbuilding plans
The Australian government has given up on the idea of designing the Australian Defence Force to be...
Twelve questions for the Defence portfolio’s Senate estimates hearings
These questions are based on the information contained in the 2024 National Defence Statement...
The post-Budget blues edition: Backloaded cash, unachievable plans and Collins dies young
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:...
The numerology of Australia’s new National Defence Strategy & investment plan
The numerology of Australia's new National Defence | RSS.com In Episode 17, Marcus Hellyer and...
Unpacking the numbers in Defence’s new Integrated Investment Plan
On Wednesday 23 April, the Albanese Government released its National Defence Strategy (NDS) and...
Anthony Albanese turns a deaf ear to Australia’s rising terror threat
The appearance at the National Press Club of ASIO director-general Mike Burgess and Australian...
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
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...