CASD and possibly AUKUS are becoming unsustainable

CASD and possibly AUKUS are becoming unsustainable

02 Jan 24
Posted by: Rob Forsyth
2 minutes, 35 seconds read
Message from the Editor

Persistent personnel and procurement challenges leads the author to question the viability of Continuous At Sea Deterrence and raise concern over the future of the SSN-AUKUS program.

Sir, – The Australian journal The Strategist recently republished its February 2023 article ‘Understanding Australia’s submarine commitment’ by the late RAdm James Goldrick RAN.[1] The Australian Naval Institute asserted that Adm Goldrick, who for many years signed his widely respected NR contributions as ‘Master Ned’, was a naval officer of “exceptional intellect and influence, who became Australia’s most internationally acclaimed naval historian” – a view echoed by Capt Peter Hore in his tribute in these pages [111/2, p. 13]. Adm Goldrick’s article was a salutary warning th…

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