Six years in a leaky boat: the plan to fix an ailing navy

The navy will shrink over the next six years before it gets bigger, just as strategic circumstances are deteriorating and China continues to rise.

Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondent

Feb 23, 2024 – 12.23pm

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Less America. More China. It’s an unthinkable proposition for security hawks with an unerring faith in US primacy.

But strategic thinking at some of the highest levels in Canberra is beginning to look past the dangerous decade of the 2020s to think what the world will look like for Australia in the 2030s and beyond.

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Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondentAndrew Tillett writes on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery.