Andrew Fowler’s book reveals one of Australia’s most important requirements for its submarines was the ability to work alongside the US in South China Sea
Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty argues Aukus is a ‘deeply flawed’ scheme that ties Australia’s future ‘to whoever is in the White House’.Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty argues Aukus is a ‘deeply flawed’ scheme that ties Australia’s future ‘to whoever is in the White House’.
It includes an interview with David Gould, a former UK undersecretary for defence, who was headhunted by the then Gillard Labor government in 2012 as a consultant on a replacement for Australia’s ageing Collins-class submarines. Fowler writes that the statement “undermines any argument that the new submarines – whether nuclear or not – would be used primarily to defend Australia or to protect the nation’s shipping lanes”.
The book reveals that after Labor won the 2022 election, “at least one new cabinet minister wondered if it was possible to stop Aukus, but the suggestion went no further”.
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