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Making AUKUS Work
In September 2021, President Biden announced the creation of AUKUS, a trilateral, experimental arrangement among the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom focused on defense technology. The barriers to success are numerous but the partnership could offer significant opportunities.
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Mar 22, 2022
The RAND Blog
Jennifer D. P. Moroney @jdpmoroney, Alan Tidwell

Submarines

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Nuclear Subs Idea Worth Floating
Whether Australia should operate and maintain nuclear-propelled attack submarines has been debated for years. While controversial to some, the option of nuclear subs in Australia's future fleet may be a useful alternative given trends in the country's security environment.
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Oct 1, 2019
The Australian
John Birkler, Robert Murphy
Submarines

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Location, Location, Location: Evaluating Risks to Submarines from Low-Yield Warhead and Submarine Missile Launch Detection
Experts can argue that a low-yield SLBM might not be worth deploying as it would put U.S. submarines at unacceptable risk. But the costs to adversaries to develop the capability to target U.S. submarines with nuclear weapons are substantial. In contrast, the costs to the United States are low, requiring only modification to an existing warhead.
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Mar 12, 2018
Lawfare
Austin Long
Ballistic Missiles

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Discrimination Details Matter: Clarifying an Argument About Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads
Nuclear forces and nuclear strategy are complex and the facts surrounding them are often shrouded in classification. But if the United States were to deploy a low-yield submarine-launched ballistic missile warhead in the future, an adversary would face the same problems as it does today in knowing what the missile contains.
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Feb 16, 2018
War on the Rocks
Austin Long
China

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China's Naval Modernization: Where Is It Headed?
The PLA Navy is expanding its capabilities and operations to reduce vulnerabilities in China’s near seas, but also to aggressively support its expanding global ambitions and challenge U.S. leadership in Asia.
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Feb 10, 2016
World Politics Review
Timothy R. Heath
Military Budgets and Defense Spending

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Budget Cuts Are Cracking the West's Defenses
Washington would be wise to work closely with Britain and France to ensure that their budget cuts do not threaten how the allies will, together, address common threats and security challenges, write F. Stephen Larrabee and Peter A. Wilson.
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Aug 17, 2010
Christian Science Monitor
F. Stephen Larrabee, Peter A. Wilson
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Beware Beijing's Military Ambitions
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Aug 7, 2005
Los Angeles Times
Roger Cliff

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There is no question that the Iraq War upended the balance of power in the Middle East, but the war has had a similarly profound effect on American politics as well. It left sizeable swaths of the American population on both the left and the right questioning not only whether the United States should conduct armed nation-building in the future, but to what degree, if any, the United States should be militarily involved abroad at all.

Raphael S. Cohen

Director, Strategy and Doctrine Program, RAND Project AIR FORCE

Source: The RAND Blog

The Iraq War had profound consequences for U.S.-Iran relations, as it turned Iraq into a site of indirect conflict between the United States and Iran. The political instability that accompanied the war, moreover, created an opening for Iran to increase its influence in Iraqi domestic politics and internal affairs.

Michelle Grisé

Policy Researcher

Source: The RAND Blog

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Making AUKUS Work

Nuclear Subs Idea Worth Floating

Location, Location, Location: Evaluating Risks to Submarines from Low-Yield Warhead and Submarine Missile Launch Detection

Discrimination Details Matter: Clarifying an Argument About Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads

China's Naval Modernization: Where Is It Headed?

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