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ASPI think-tank criticises Australian DoD's strategic planning

by Julian Kerr

The decision-making processes of Australia's Department of Defence (DoD) have placed the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in “an extremely precarious position” and can only be described as a failure of strategic planning, according to a report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a leading Australian defence think-tank.

In a special report entitled ‘Delivering a Stronger Navy Faster', ASPI senior analyst Marcus Hellyer says that unconstrained capability ambitions in both the country's Future Frigate and Future Submarine programmes have resulted in unbounded cost, time-consuming design work, and schedules extending “far beyond what was envisaged when the programmes were established”.

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