tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post1015362960195077711..comments2024-03-28T21:57:32.099+11:00Comments on Submarine Matters & Australian Nuclear Weapons: Turnbull's Pre-Election Shipbuilding Rush - Table of Ship/Sub AcquisitionsPete2http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134037393078707072noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-1239918905650686602016-05-09T22:35:35.678+10:002016-05-09T22:35:35.678+10:00Just like Mr. Clinton proclaimed after his preside...Just like Mr. Clinton proclaimed after his presidential election,<br />"It is the political economy that matters, not the performance; Stupid! "<br /><br />Regards, MMM <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-19460859216130108002016-05-08T09:24:22.760+10:002016-05-08T09:24:22.760+10:00Does the RAN have the capability to define and man...Does the RAN have the capability to define and manage all these new projects. And do it well ?<br />Ztev Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553128132098513643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-27138780918352111382016-05-07T14:57:39.967+10:002016-05-07T14:57:39.967+10:00Hi Ztev
Turnbull's smoke and morrors defence ...Hi Ztev<br /><br />Turnbull's smoke and morrors defence funding - and much of the shipbuilding schedule is subject to change after the Election.<br /><br />Re change - a Turnbull Shipbuilding Strategy Paper is due to be published later this year. <br /><br />Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-24187807351470974902016-05-07T14:53:33.504+10:002016-05-07T14:53:33.504+10:00Hi imacca
Yes Turnbull's rushed series of shi...Hi imacca<br /><br />Yes Turnbull's rushed series of shipbuilding announcements won't excuse his months of policy denial (especially concerning tax). Turnbull was quiet on the supply ships contract in Spain build - but he is vulnerable to ALP and Xenophon's criticism over that.<br /><br />I reckon Turnbull:<br /><br />- may lose the 2 July Election or<br /><br />- just have a bare majority with a hung Senate.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-81416033244255179592016-05-07T00:47:37.952+10:002016-05-07T00:47:37.952+10:00The biggest question still is what you get for you...The biggest question still is what you get for your military spendings. A Victoria-class submarine capable to fire a torpedo since two years ago but paid in 1998.MHalblaubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234020711635190127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-7129844672055704122016-05-06T19:19:35.163+10:002016-05-06T19:19:35.163+10:00That's the thing with the magic 2% rule - it d...That's the thing with the magic 2% rule - it does not only depend on the defence budget spendings, but also on the GDP...<br /><br />Just imagine Japan or Germany spending 2% of their GDP on defence: all neighbours would get really nervous, just like the French and the UK after the German Reunification.<br /><br />The Commonwealth is not reducing the spending, just look at the actual figures.<br /><br />Regards,<br />BKBKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-26218061704292803862016-05-06T09:17:27.330+10:002016-05-06T09:17:27.330+10:00And yet the Budget allocation for defence fell bac...And yet the Budget allocation for defence fell back from 1.94 to 1.88% of GDP. Its the same party which has 'promised' an increase to 2%.<br />http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-no-surprises-defence-budget/<br /><br />Its quite a juggling act, to both promise future defence projects and show they are reducing government spending . The actual result is fake it all until the election.Ztev Konradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553128132098513643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-48995854346265063752016-05-06T01:03:28.674+10:002016-05-06T01:03:28.674+10:00Shorten did his budget in reply tonight and object...Shorten did his budget in reply tonight and objectively, it was a good example of that art. Turnbull is toast, or maybe a roast with a few weeks left to cook?<br /><br />The shipbuilding stuff is now politically neutral i reckon. ALP will "me too" on it, and the Libs will not get as much benefit as they could because they have faffed around too long after Abbott brought the "Local" aspect of the subs build into question.<br /><br />I dont think that shipbuilding will be a wedge. ALP machine is to well oiled, tuned and focused for that this time around. Libs have been a rolling omni-shambolic cluster$%#^ since before Turnbull took over.<br /><br />All that said, the overall plan for the Navy and future equipment is, actually, a good one i think. Thanks for tabulating it like that. <br /><br />But, Libs have screwed up in too many other ways for it to save them politically. will have to read up more on the ALP's defense policies as they are what will be most relevant to 2020 now.imaccanoreply@blogger.com