By Sian Troth*
Australia’s intentions to acquire nuclear powered submarines raise an important question: what are the submarines for? It appears that strategic rationale has been displaced by assumptions about technological superiority.
What are the submarines for? A seemingly simple question, one would think. At more than $90 billion, surely there’s a substantial, extensive, and well-thought-out strategic rationale, right? Or, perhaps, it’s just militarism for militarism’s sake.
