Report on Columbia-class submarine
The following is the March 18, 2025 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Columbia (SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress.
The...
Rethink AUKUS, ex-Defence chief says
The United States has become an unreliable ally under Donald Trump’s presidency and the Albanese government should urgently develop a plan B for Australia’s...
N-subs: let’s move to Plan B
By Peter Briggs*
The Trump administration’s actions in abandoning long-term alliances with Europe, support for Nato and Ukraine is a wakeup call. The new reality...
AUKUS: Why Australia should stay the course
The world is in a difficult stage of its recent history, and the new United States administration’s change of tack is undeniably jarring, Jennifer...
AUKUS: a conspiracy of silence
Australians have never had the chance to properly vote on AUKUS. The major parties haven’t allowed them, Bernard Keane writes in Crickey.
It was foisted...
Australia should axe costly N-subs
By Henry Sokolski*
Earlier this month, the Australian government made its first payment of $500 million toward eventually obtaining US nuclear-powered submarines under the 2021...
Report to US Congress on AUKUS and Indo-Pacific security
On 3 March the US Congressional research Service released an updated ‘In Focus’ report on AUKUS and Indo-Pacific Security. It stated:
In 2021, Australia, the...
Australia’s AUKUS Submarine Industry Strategy
On 5 March the Australian Submarine Agency updated Australia’s AUKUS Submarine Industry Strategy. In doing so it stated that:
Australia’s AUKUS Submarine Industry Strategy outlines...
Japan orders fourth Taigei-class sub
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commissioned the fourth of its Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarines (SSK), which feature better detection and anti-detection capabilities...
The case for UK’s nuclear naval upgrade
In this article, we counter some of the arguments frequently presented by those campaigning for the UK to abandon its nuclear deterrent, Navy Lookout...