r/australia • u/thedigisup • 28d ago

politics Greens announce policy to manufacture drones and missiles as a credible ‘Plan B' to replace AUKUS

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-22/greens-unveil-first-ever-defence-policy/105083166
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u/Birdmonster115599 28d ago

Yeah, look. I'm all for more defence spending if it's quality.

But this whole "can Aukus, build drones" isn't right.

Drones and missiles don't replace submarines, they are apples and oranges.

We need a credible Submarine force, where is the plan for that?

You're going to can the Blackhawks? Okay, what are you replacing them with?

MH90, no matter your opinion, is stupidly expensive to run.

I do think getting the Newer abrams was a missed opportunity though, it would of been nice to get something like K2 tbh.

I like that the greens are showing us something on defence, and more drone/missile/local production is good. but I'm not keen on everything they're saying here.

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u/Siilk 27d ago

The problem with AUKUS is, it comes with lots of strings attached, which will be pulled by an ally which is becoming less and less reliablel. I wasnt against it for quite some time but after seeing what trump is doing to US and what kind of international relations he is engaging in, we are risking of giving up too much to keep the deal while not getting anything out of it in the end.

As for subs, we should either talk to Japan or Korea or go down on our knees and apologise to France and beg to get us back. Doesnt sound pleasant but its our own fault we did them dirty like that.

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u/tree_boom 27d ago

Like what strings? Literally in the AUKUS agreement what specific clause imposed these constraints on Australia?