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The plan for us to acquire nuclear submarines has been dubbed the 'Optimal Pathway', but achieving it will be no mean feat. In this episode we explore what the scheme involves, what the key challenges are to making it work, and we get some cold hard facts about what it is really going to cost us.
NOTE: This podcast was first released on 20 December 2024.
GUESTS:
Jennifer Parker - expert associate at the national security college ANU, an adjunct fellow at UNSW, and associate fellow at the Council on Geostrategy.
Vice Admiral Peter Jones - a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as the Chief Capability Development Group (CCDG) from 2011 until his retirement in October 2014.
Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead - the inaugural Director-General of the Australian Submarine Agency.
GET IN TOUCH:
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au
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The plan for us to acquire nuclear submarines has been dubbed the 'Optimal Pathway', but achieving it will be no mean feat. In this episode we explore what the scheme involves, what the key challenges are to making it work, and we get some cold hard facts about what it is really going to cost us.
NOTE: This podcast was first released on 20 December 2024.
GUESTS:
Jennifer Parker - expert associate at the national security college ANU, an adjunct fellow at UNSW, and associate fellow at the Council on Geostrategy.
Vice Admiral Peter Jones - a retired senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), who served as the Chief Capability Development Group (CCDG) from 2011 until his retirement in October 2014.
Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead - the inaugural Director-General of the Australian Submarine Agency.
GET IN TOUCH:
We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au
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