- 161
- Episodes
- 125
- Transcribed
- 8
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Asia Pacific Defence Reporter
These podcasts are a way of shedding a bit more light on Defence decisions – particularly acquisitions – because the system has become secretive and taxpayers have a right to know what’s going on. But it’s even worse than that with Defence sometimes putting out information that is misleading and in some cases plain wrong. We discuss the Defence Strategic Review and debunk the claims that it is some sort of radical and positive move. No it is not. We also have a few words about the outrageous decision to purchase the SURTASS towed array sonar via FMS and preview the ANAO report into the Hunter class frigate program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- APDR
- Category
- government · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 May 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
125 of 161 episodes have a transcript.
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Episode 156
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We get a bit out of the UK, but almost nothing here in Australia. What we do know is sort of an absence of process and there was no requirements analysis. justifying the acquisition of nuclear submarines no search for any alternatives just this almost messianic belief that nuclear-powered submarines are the solution to everything but not just any nuclear submarines they have to be from the us and the uk i'll be the first to admit that submarine captains and i know a few generally love nuclear-powered submarines compared with conventional boats, because with all of that awesome unlimited power, you could, for example, leave Sydney Harbour, go down to 100 metres below the surface, press the accelerator pedal, and 10 days later, you could be off the coast of Chile or South Africa. […]
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