OPINION | That sinking feeling: the future of surface combatants
At an ASPI conference a few years ago, I remarked that I thought that major surface combatants had been obsolete for many decades, and that the only...
At an ASPI conference a few years ago, I remarked that I thought that major surface combatants had been obsolete for many decades, and that the only...
Australia’s future submarine capability isn’t in a good place. We started the program at least five years too late due to a combination of indifference...
The Australian Government is close to deciding which of the three big foreign companies wins the AU$35 billion (US$26 billion) contract to build nine...
[caption id="attachment_63096" align="alignnone" width=""]Osborne South Naval Shipbuilding Precinct - artist's impression[/caption]In its 50‑page review...
This post is adapted from a presentation to the Australian Naval Institute's 2017 Goldrick seminar. Let me start with something nice and uncontroversial....
My previous post on the future submarines talked about having a Plan B in case the project runs into insurmountable problems. Jon Stanford seconded...
[caption id="attachment_59478" align="alignnone" width=""]A ground-based missile interceptor is lowered into its missile silo during a recent emplacement...
I was interested to see a new approach to submarine procurement pitched by Hugh White and Michael Keating last week. They got quite a bit of media coverage,...
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