how are we still arguing Australia has *that* much agency? Pezzullo releases his list of 14 points:

aspistrategist.org.au/the-challenge-…

Despite a 42% claim of Antarctica:

“successive Australian governments have overlooked Antarctica. We’ve even launched a National Defence Strategy that makes no reference to our sovereign Antarctic territory.”

Brilliant piece by Dr Elizabeth Buchanan

theaustralian.com.au/commentary/can…

An excoriating commentary from Dr Elizabeth Buchanan about Australia's Antarctic policy failure and the Antarctic Treaty System as a part of what David Rennie 任大伟 described as a 'zombie international order'.

my latest in todays The Australian 🧊👇🏻

NR Members: ‘Compact Submarines’ – A gamechanger in Underwater Warfare Operations - The author challenges the conventional wisdom that modern, non-nuclear submarines must necessarily be large, fast, heavily armed and expensive platforms. naval-review.com/news-views/the…

Ukraine strikes deal for US gas - but how many LNG terminals does Ukraine have? 0.

ft.com/content/443721…

The next round of U.S. #sanctions against #Russia targets the proposed #Obsky #LNG , #Arctic LNG 1 and Arctic LNG 3 projects and companies building pipeline infrastructure for #Murmansk LNG and #Vostok #Oil . #russiangas highnorthnews.com/en/us-targets-…

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well worth your time #naval nerds

NEW: The price of uranium is up 233%.

With the supply-demand gap expected to widen, miners and investors have lots of reason to bet on areas rich in the ore.

Read The Big Take ⬇️ trib.al/dq7m7gO

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“R&D is important, and we’ll still do plenty of it, but new spending in the near term needs to be focused on buying larger quantities of weapons systems that already exist. The next war might not wait until the next-generation weapons are ready in the 2030s.”

#Russia continues to send nearly the entirety of #LNG and #gas condensate production from #Yamal LNG to #Europe . Throughout the first 120 days of 2024, #EU member states took delivery of almost 100 shipments – each valued in the range of USD 40 million. highnorthnews.com/en/eu-receives…