The case for AUKUS depends on treating submarines as essential to Australian sovereignty. But as Mike Gilligan writes, Australia’s existing maritime, air and surveillance capabilities raise a more basic question: does the country need new submarines at all? #auspol #AUKUS #Defence
The case for AUKUS rests on treating submarines as essential to Australian sovereignty, while ignoring the broader defence capabilities that already protect Australia’s maritime approaches and raise serious questions about whether new submarines are needed at all.
