Credibility rests on subs’ success
By Marcus Hellyer*
What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday, Australians wouldn’t agree to host storage facilities for low-grade medical nuclear waste anywhere in...
Future after Attack’s demise
By Ben Stevens*
The Morrison government’s decision to scrap the $90 billion program to build 12 Attack-class submarines and pursue nuclear-propelled vessels will drastically improve...
Can China build alliances?
As the United States, United Kingdom and Australia move to form a new AUKUS grouping, various reports have emerged of a “new Quad” led...
Subs hole: Australia should stop digging
By Albert Palazzo*
There is an old saying that if you find yourself in a hole, the best course of action is to stop digging....
Thailand persisting with Kra canal
By Shaun Cameron
In 1677, the Thai monarch Narai the Great had a dream. He sent an engineer south to investigate the possibility of excavating...
UK n-subs to use Australia as a base
Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines are to use Australia as a base so that they can have a more “persistent” presence in the Indo-Pacific region under...
Singaporean & Chinese Navy passage exercise
On 22 September the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)'s Formidable-class frigates RSS Steadfast and RSS Supreme conducted a passage exercise with the People's Liberation Army Navy's Type 052D destroyer Hohhot,...
Limiting non-proliferation blow-back
By Anastasia Kapetas*
If the architects of the AUKUS pact and its headline initiative to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines imagined it would be seen...
‘Mistreating’ allies with secret deal
France’s submarine trouble highlights its precarious status as a great power, the Irish Times reports.
By Lara Marlowe
“The three countries showed contempt for us when...
Two good submarine decisions but we need to acquire nuclears now
By Tom Lewis*
The Australian federal government has made two good decisions on our submarine future. Continuing the ridiculous contract with the French for 12...