AUKUS Developments

AUKUS Developments

4 October 2021 Recent Developments with AUKUS As stated on our post AUKUS & Technology Co-operation, one of the key aspects of AUKUS is Technological Co-operation.“AUKUS will bring together our sailors, our scientists, and our industries to maintain and expand our...

AUKUS & Nuclear Proliferation

Australia is on the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency and has served as its Chair on four occasions. As one of the founding signatories, the Statute of the IAEA has been a part of Australian law since it was ratified in 1957. It signed the...

Troops, Bases & Weapons

"So I do have an aspiration to make sure that we can increase the numbers of troops through the rotations. The air capability will be enhanced, our maritime capability enhanced, and certainly the force posture enhanced. And if that includes basing and includes the...

AUKUS: Nuclear Submarines

As an island nation, Australia was one of the first navies in the world to employ subs: The AE2 was deployed inside the Dardanelles during the attack on Gallipoli. Australia always wanted nuclear submarines. The decision behind choosing the French Barracuda Class subs...

AUKUS-Why Now?

Let’s start with the understanding that there is increasing hostility between the US led Western nations and China. While this is being painted in the mainstream as due to China’s territorial expansionist policies, there is a very real economic struggle behind the...

AUKUS-Transparency

At the time of writing, there is no available information as to the status of AUKUS: whether it’s a Treaty, with all the checks and balances that treaties entail on the one hand, or just an ‘understanding’. The terms ‘AUKUS framework’, ‘pact, ‘agreement’ and even...