by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Sep 25, 2024 | AUKUS, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Episode 26: Acceleration – that word doesn’t mean | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists discuss what Acceleration means inside the walls of Australia’s Defence organisation. Defence Science ‘accelerates’ – with a bold plan to deliver by...
by Marcus Hellyer | Aug 22, 2024 | AUKUS, Strategy & Capability
Earlier this year I started looking at what Bent Flyvbjerg’s analysis of megaprojects can teach us about the Department of Defence’s gigaproject: its efforts to acquire a nuclear-propelled submarine capability (SSN). I’ve wanted to get back to Flyvbjerg for some time,...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Aug 14, 2024 | AUKUS, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Disappearing tanks, million dollar missiles, SNAUK | RSS.com SAA’s Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge cover the Australian Army’s tank gap, the Navy’s celebration of missile test firings, and the fact free Frankenstein imagery on AUKUS subs out of...
by Peter Jennings | Aug 8, 2024 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
The Albanese government has given us two defence ministers: Richard “Call me Deputy Prime Minister” Marles and his tireless workmate, Pat Conroy. No one should be surprised to learn the government also has two defence policies. First there is the policy of expanding...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 23, 2024 | Strategy & Capability
In February, the Albanese government’s Deputy Prime Minister (and Defence Minister) Richard Marles announced that Defence would be taking delivery of the first of 11 new ‘general purpose frigates’ this decade, with three of the ships to be delivered to the Navy by...
