The Australian government has given up on the idea of designing the Australian Defence Force to be...
Defence Budget
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...
The Apache attack helicopter: another $5 billion in stranded assets?
It’s no secret that technological change can lead to companies having stranded assets, that is,...
Subs, Subs, Subs – 5 big events in the undersea world of AUKUS submarines
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...
Defence falling further behind the excellence curve
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles has expressed his concerns with the...
New Defence Industry Strategy: a dangerous framework that’s wilfully blind
Defence industry minister Pat Conroy released the government’s Defence Industrial...