On The Conversation Weekly podcast, defence and security analyst Hugh White explains why the AUKUS project has been anything but smooth sailing.
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Though reliably measuring progress is difficult, it would be disingenuous to say Australia has nothing to show for its investments to date.
All nuclear powers test missiles. Why do China’s tests provoke such a fierce response?
Following news of Australia acquiring used Virginia-class submarines from the US, AUKUS has been in the headlines again, but how much of what you’ve heard is true?
The controversial AUKUS pact continues to cause headaches for the government - even within its own ranks.
Torpedoes are hard to stop – and harder to see coming.
New technology could leave few places for submarines to hide.
When all 118 submariners on board the Kursk were killed, Putin deployed his now-familiar misinformation tactics.
Keir Starmer’s government, like those before it, is firmly behind the AUKUS pact. But there are some doubts the UK can provide the required submarines on time.
The Trump administration wants to deter China’s potential aggression in the region. As part of that, submarines based in the Indian Ocean are crucial.
AUKUS isn’t perfect and faces new tests under the Trump administration. But it remains Australia’s best bet for its future defence capability.
Researchers have uncovered new evidence about the sinking of HMS Stephen Furness in 1917, solving a century-old mystery.
Australia, the US and UK are currently debating a treaty to formalise AUKUS. But there’s nothing stopping Trump from making further demands or scrapping the deal altogether.
Australia’s no-holds-barred embrace of AUKUS is more likely than not to prove one of the worst defence and foreign policy decisions our country has made.
A closer look at Canada’s announcement that it’s buying 12 new submarines makes clear that it’s ‘business as usual’ in terms of defence spending. Canada is doing the bare minimum.
Tech giants, major powers and top research universities are all in a race to build viable quantum systems. Why now?
The SS Hartdale was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 and its final resting place had long been unknown.
Amid reports of a dip in US production of nuclear submarines and concerns about the future of the agreement under Donald Trump, some have questioned the viability of AUKUS. But they need not worry.
South Africa’s defence force has been in decline for some time as its budget has shrunk while its duties have changed.
The Titan submersible implosion shares similarities with two other historic disasters: the Titanic and the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole.
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