AUKUS will not be defeated by its lack of any plausible policy foundation, its unsupported intelligence pronouncements, or the absence of any implementation plan. It will be defeated by its unachievability, as much in Britain and the US as in Australia.
If, as stated in the National Defence Strategy, the defence aim is to deter and hence reduce the risk of conflict, then we need to be doing different things, and doing them differently.
Defence and the government might have tried to dismantle the entire MRH90 Taipan fleet in secret, but information keeps dribbling out.
The time to build stockpiles of weapons and Australian industrial capacity is now.
Australia’s strategic landscape is shifting rapidly, with the country facing a range of evolving security threats and heightened tensions in the Indo-Pacific region.
Finding thousands of Australians with the right skills to deliver the SSN-AUKUS fleet is a formidable challenges that lie ahead for the nation’s next-generation submarine program.
Now the Royal Australian Navy has disclosed its plans to acquire two new classes of nuclear-powered submarines, all the dots are finally on the page.
Lockheed Martin Australia aims to deliver the core of the ADF’s Joint Air Battle Management System (JABMS), in a rapid-fire, nine-month drumbeat of capability ‘drops’ in Project AIR6500.
In an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific, Australia’s role in maintaining regional security is critical.
The ‘rules-based global order’ now wavers under intense pressure.
Australia is not rich in human resources and must therefore ‘punch above its weight’ against a larger adversary – and the key to this is the development of autonomously operated vehicles.
When an artillery shell exploded metres from Tom Nguyen’s team during a live fire exercise, the situation taught him key leadership lessons no university or corporate setting could.
The Royal Australian Air Force is embarking on a series of wide-ranging programs to upgrade its air combat fleet to meet the rapidly growing capabilities of other players in our region.
QinetiQ is well-qualified to partner with the commonwealth on its aspirations for a rigorous test and evaluation support ecosystem that will take a platform or capability from cradle to grave.
As Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour prepares to depart Australian waters, Defence Minister Richard Marles has revealed he’s in discussions to have an international aircraft carrier visit the Top End.
Upskilling and growing our workforce to support the delivery of the nation’s inaugural nuclear-powered submarines is one of Australia’s biggest challenges.
In an era of rapidly evolving global security challenges, the importance of a sovereign defence capability for Australia has never been more critical.
The nuclear-powered AUKUS submarines are on track to be the world’s boldest, most powerful war machines, says program chief Vice-Admiral Jonathan Mead.
The 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is permeated by underthink and overreach.
It is hard to argue that delivering at the speed of relevance must be one of the key lessons that should be taken from the awful situation in Eastern Europe.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/defence/page/5
