Defending Australia against China without AUKUS: The Echidna Strategy. Talking with author Sam Roggeveen of the Lowy Institute.

The AUKUS security agreement would furnish Australia with 8 nuclear powered submarines and other advanced weapons technologies. But it is costly and does Australia have the engineering expertise to build such a fleet ? And would the country become a target for China's wrath with US and UK nuclear subs stationed in Western Australia and US aircraft located in Northern Australia ?

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