The defence strategic review highlighted the need for the Royal Australian Navy to have two levels of surface combatants to provide ‘increased strike, air defence, presence operations and anti-submarine warfare’. While the DSR doesn’t directly …
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The 2023 defence strategic review (DSR) identifies itself as ‘the most substantial and ambitious approach to Defence reform recommended to any Australian government since the Second World War’. It maps out a pivot for the …
The government has announced an 18-month delay to the Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class future frigate program. Is this a sign that the project is in serious trouble? Or is it simply an overdue recognition of …
In the first two parts of this series, I looked at what we’ve learned recently about Defence’s naval shipbuilding enterprise and how the Hunter-class frigates are coming along. Now let’s turn to what’s happening with …
Policy, Guns and Money: Offshore patrol vessels, India–China standoff and Europe’s Covid-19 response
In this episode, ASPI’s Malcolm Davis and Marcus Hellyer bring you an update on maritime and space issues, including discussion of Marcus’s report on the possibilities for Australia’s new offshore patrol vessels, SpaceX launches and …