APDR Podcast Episode 70 with host Kym Bergmann

• We start with Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy at the NPC last week and lots of stuff about extra missiles for the ADF.  That’s all well and good – but these things are either fully imported or, at best, manufactured under license here with a few local components.  There is no longer any sovereign Australian IP in weapons – we seem to have collectively given up on the idea of designing any ourselves.  The latest from the mess that is AUKUS Pillar One. Then a few words about the shock cancellation of JP9102.  There goes the last chance of any form of sovereign satellite communications capability – it’s back to the bad old days of having to go cap in hand to the US for some bandwidth – and then being charged a fortune for it.  Finally, the shortlist for SEA 3000 the General Purpose Frigates approaches – and golly gosh what an unmitigated disaster this project is.

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