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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 deliver a military able to fight everyone – except China…..

by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Apr 9, 2026 | Defence Budget, Featured, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability

America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to | RSS.com Back in the SAA Bunker deep in the Brindabellas, Marcus & Michael declare energy independence (okay, thanks to government subsidies) and ponder the details of the Trump Administration’s new...
AUKUS submarines: US and UK partners show the realities facing Australia’s small fleet

AUKUS submarines: US and UK partners show the realities facing Australia’s small fleet

by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Mar 24, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Strategy & Capability

In 2056, 30 years from now, when Australia has eight nuclear powered submarines (SSNs), we will have two deployable submarines consistently available. That’s assuming all goes well with AUKUS’ “optimal pathway” and we do in fact have eight SSNs in service. Expecting a...
Trump the unilateralist becomes Trump the multilateralist – for now

Trump the unilateralist becomes Trump the multilateralist – for now

by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 16, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability

After making a global mess, US President Donald Trump wants everyone else to clean it up.  Luckily for the Albanese government – but also as a reward for their steadfast pursuit of a perfect, early 2000s-style small military sometime in the late 2040s –...
A less needy more capable Australia – recognising the new American reality for allies

A less needy more capable Australia – recognising the new American reality for allies

by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 5, 2026 | Featured, Policy

It’s time to notice big changes in our world when it comes to how Australia equips its military and spends the $59 billion annual defence budget.  As ministers Marles and Conroy put the finishing touches to their brand new National Defence Strategy, they also...
America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to deliver a military able to fight everyone – except China…..

Australian industry gets more Aussie, while Australia writes defence cheques it can’t cash

by Michael Shoebridge | Nov 19, 2025 | Podcasts, Policy

Australian industry gets more Aussie, while Austra | RSS.com Marcus and Michael pursue littoral dominance in Canberra’s Lake Burley-Griffin while pondering the Australian Government’s new definition of Australian industry, and PM Albanese’s defence...
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