Future Submarine - A Growth In Australia's Navy's Capability. Some Implications For The RAN

摘要

The Defence White Paper released in May 2009 calls for a doubling of Australia's submarine capability, with 12 submarines of greater range and capability than today's Collins class. Why is the growth required? How might it be achieved? What are some for the personnel implications for the RAN. Strategic Rationale By 2030, our region will be dominated by the growing political, economic and strategic power of China and India, constraining Australia's choices. There will be an increasingly fierce global competition for resources: energy, minerals and water, made more important by the alteration in the strategic balance between China, India and the US in terms of political, economic and strategic reach. Australia has many of the resources that will be critical to the new powers' economic prosperity. This is not a 'business as usual' scenario - nor should we presume it will be a smooth, linear process, free of confrontation and crisis.