Progress in detection tech could render submarines useless by the 2050s. What does it mean for the AUKUS pact?

  • Written by: Roger Bradbury, Emeritus Professor of Complex Systems Science, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Progress in detection tech could render submarines useless by the 2050s. What does it mean for the AUKUS pact?Shutterstock

Speaking at a summit in San Diego on Monday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a decades-long strategy to deliver the most costly defence project in Australia’s history.

New details of the AUKUS defence and security pact have revealed Australia will buy three second-hand US Virginia-class submarines early next decade...

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