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Setting the AUKUS record straight, with Dr Ross Babbage
Published 1 year, 10 months ago
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In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, host Steve Kuper is joined by Dr Ross Babbage, CEO of Strategic Forum and senior non-resident fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
The pair begin their conversation discussing the origins of Dr Babbage's report for the Lowy Institute, Deterrence and alliance power: Why the AUKUS submarines matter and how they can be delivered.
The pair also discuss:
- Some of the concerns in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom around delivering the future SSN-AUKUS fleet.
- The risk/reward opportunity available to Australia as part of the generational nation-building program AUKUS represents.
- Setting the record straight on some of the misconceptions and focal points that dominate the national conversation about AUKUS.
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The Defence Connect team