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AUKUS Submarine Endeavor: Slow, Costly, but Worth the Wait, Says Top Brass

Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, Australian Submarine Agency boss.

Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, Australian Submarine Agency boss.

At the Indian Ocean Defence and Security conference in Perth, Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, the head of the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA), painted a realistic picture of the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine project. The endeavor, he warned, will be a lengthy, expensive journey fraught with setbacks, requiring “strategic patience” from all stakeholders. “We have a long […]