🗞️ Aukus will cost Australia $368bn. What if there was a better, cheaper defence strategy?

Aukus will cost Australia $368bn. What if there was a better, cheaper defence strategy?

As questions swirl around the nuclear submarine deal, some strategists are pushing for an alternative, 'echidna' policy that focuses less on offensive capability

As Australia's nuclear submarine-led defence strategy threatens to fray, strategists say it's time to evaluate whether the military and economic case of the tripartite deal still stacks up. The defence tie-up with the US and UK, called Aukus, is esti... [5912 chars]

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Source: The Guardian