Dead in the Water looks at whether the AUKUS deal will enhance or undermine Australia’s security as tensions between China and the US rise, at the impact on Australia’s ties with its regional neighbours, and at whether the submarines plan is likely to ever be achieved.

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Multiple points of failure are built into this program, coupled with the deep flaws in its strategic logic. AUKUS will become an embarrassing memory, if it is remembered at all.

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Hugh White identifies some scary problems, but the effectiveness of the submarines is not one of them.

When we take delivery of our initial three Virginia-class US SSNs, we can be confident that they will be highly effective and difficult to counter. This is why China is so angry about the prospect of our acquiring them.