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To defence and security and the structure is closer to home? and the posture against russia? there he said no. absolutely clearly he thought this would not have any impact on nato, the uk plasma commitment to nato, its relationship to france, or how it viewed russia. —— the to france, or how it viewed russia. -- the uk to france, or how it viewed russia. —— the uk plasma commitment to nato. let's speak to dr marcus hellyer, senior analyst at the defence, strategy and national security program of the australian strategic policy institute, an independent think—tank. picking up the taiw...

ASPI recently published an important report by Paul Dibb and Richard Brabin-Smith that focuses on how to plan for Australia’s defence in an environment with reduced warning time. The report raises a broad set of questions about how to know when an event might set in motion a chain of events that pose a direct threat to liberal democratic nations and how to respond early and effectively. It also raises the question of how to shape the Australian Defence Force’s capabilities so that they can be inserted into a crisis early enough to provide confidence that effective tools to manage escalati...

‘Basket case’: Key Defence assets out of action for more than half of each year We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Some of the Australian military’s key weapons systems are out of action for more than half of every year, as concerns mount about Defence failing to meet its benchmarks for keeping its assets operational. The Navy’s major combat helicopter flew only two thirds of the hours planned over the past five years, leading the federal Opposition to claim the sustainability of Defence’s weapons syst...

'Very grim': Not much hope for missing Indonesian submarine The Indonesian navy lost contact with the vessel yesterday, while it conducted a torpedo drill about 100km north of Bali. And one of Australia's leading minds on submarines is "very pessimistic" about the fate of 53 Indonesian sailors on board the KRI Nanggala-402. READ MORE: Australian Strategic Policy Institute senior analyst Marcus Hellyer said things were looking "very grim". "There's lots of things that can go wrong on submarines," Dr Hellyer told nine.com.au. "If a submarine has an accident at sea, it tends to be catastrophical...

Debate on Australia’s future submarines is understandably focused on the information that floats out of the Defence Department about France’s Naval Group and the $80 billion program to design and build the boats. It’s very sensible to be concerned about the program because of the contrast between the assurances Defence officials provide to parliament that everything is proceeding according to plan and the episodic need for high-level political intervention to resolve fundamental issues between Defence and its French industrial partner. We saw this with the tortured, delayed effort to re...