by Michael Shoebridge | Oct 28, 2024 | AUKUS, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Last week Richard Marles and Pat Conroy trumpeted Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2024 as “AUKUS Pillar II in action’. Mr Marles told us that this year’s “Exercise Autonomous Warrior is an exciting and tangible demonstration of progress being made under AUKUS Pillar II”....
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Sep 12, 2024 | AUKUS, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Episode 25 -the Army gets wet, while an empty AUKU | RSS.com On the Grumpy Strategists’ 1st birthday, Marcus and Michael assess the Army’s new plan to get wet & find that the Army’s focus is on its exquisite small force, with no plans for...
by Marcus Hellyer | Sep 11, 2024 | AUKUS, Policy
Among all the claims made about Australia’s plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) under the AUKUS partnership, one of the most misleading is the suggestion from its supporters that it will generate economic growth. This is fundamentally incorrect. Defence...
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...
