For some variety we start with a few words about China’s President Xi Jinping undertaking a further purge of the military leaving him in sole command. In the short term this might make an invasion of Taiwan less likely – but in the medium term the situation could be more dangerous. In the US, chaos continues on both the foreign policy and domestic fronts. A question for Australian politicians and national security figures: if US officials, including the President, lie so blatantly to their own people, why should we believe anything that they say? When it comes to decoupling from the US, we might learn a lot more about how Canada is doing so when their Prime Minister Mark Carney visits in March. Canada is seeking to take advantage of the current self-inflicted US brain drain. Australia seems to be moving in the opposite direction.
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Looking forward to hearing your Singapore discussions. We really need to be working much closer with Singapore and South Korea.
Would be great to hear what is happening with the Supply Class AOR’s and if there is any chance of them returning to service any time soon. Maybe an update on the Hunter and Arafura Classes respectively?
I certainly agree about the need to work with regional partners. Regarding the ships, I’m fairly sure the AORs are finally both back at sea. BAES say the Hunters are going wonderfully well but that’s extraordinarily difficult to independently verify. I’ll try for an update on Arafura’s soon.