Why AUKUS might cost billions & leave us with nothing

This week on The Fin, International editor James Curran on why a group of former navy commanders, defence officials and submarine officers believe AUKUS has been set up to fail.
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Further reading:
‘A cruel joke’: Why AUKUS might leave Australia stranded (www.afr.com/policy/foreign-af...)
A group of defence experts says that the Albanese government is on course for a financial and strategic AUKUS disaster, in the final part of an exclusive series.
AUKUS ‘moonshot’ may be a tragically expensive failure (www.afr.com/policy/foreign-af...)
It is alarming that both Coalition and Labor politicians fail to acknowledge the risk that Australia could be left with no submarine capability by the end of the 2030s.
Morrison’s ‘longest night’: Inside the making of AUKUS (www.afr.com/policy/foreign-af...)
The military agreement is a mess and risks leaving Australia with no submarine capability at all by the late 2030s. The cloak of secrecy that secured the deal could now be its undoing.3:50 (nine.slack.com/archives/C03UG...) Lisa Murray
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