How will Canberra explain the capability gap when swirling strategic currents will not wait for Australia’s first nuclear submarines to hit the water in 2040?
As the bunting came down following the AUKUS announcement, debate about its meaning for Australia’s strategic present and future has been robust.
Many questions remain: especially which submarine Australia chooses after an 18-month study – the US Virginia class or the British Astute – and how, in the meantime, Canberra explains the capability gap in the nation’s maritime defence and force projection.
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James Curran is professor of modern history at Sydney University.
