It’s time to ditch Virginia subs for AUKUS and go to Plan B

It’s time to ditch Virginia subs for AUKUS and go to Plan B

In this op-ed, Henry Sokolski argues Australia should switch its focus from buying Virginia-class submarines and instead put that money towards Pillar 2 technologies.

AUKUS DIPLOMAT JOINS AUSTAL

Allen Newton SHIPBUILDER Austal has engaged former Australian Ambassador Paul Myler, who played a key role in negotiating the AUKUS defence pact. A distinguished diplomat with a three-decade background in international diplomacy, Mr Myler will strengthen Austal’s international operation’s geopolitical strategy and analysis. The founder and CEO of StratQ, an advisory firm specialising in geopolitical risk in the Indo-Pacific, with a particular fo…