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Sep 22, 2026
Michael ShoebridgeHOST
Well, he said that
Marcus HellyerHOST
SSN AUKUS was, quote, midway through the design process.
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What? Yeah, I find that sort of rather
Marcus HellyerHOST
perplexing
Michael ShoebridgeHOST
you know,
Marcus HellyerHOST
like design reviews of actual real engineering process.
Marcus HellyerHOST
So I would love to know exactly where we are, where SSN AUKUS is in the design process and what design reviews have been completed.
Marcus HellyerHOST
What are they? So
Ewan LevickHOST
That's true, Nigel.
Ewan LevickHOST
But there was a second bit of news this week or that came out recently regarding AUKUS that was first released in the Telegraph that I was going to discuss, which was the delay to Labour ordering its new attack submarines, which is SSN AUKUS.
Ewan LevickHOST
So the previous Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to build up to 12 SSN AUKUS for the UK fleet.
Ewan LevickHOST
And he said that the UK would decide how many exactly it would commission by the time its defense investment plan was published.
Ewan LevickHOST
That defense investment plan was delayed for quite a while.
Ewan LevickHOST
The program is currently midway through its design phase.
Ewan LevickHOST
I just want to repeat that point.
Ewan LevickHOST
Three years ago in 2023, Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, who's the head of the Australian Submarine Agency, told the ABC the following, SSN AUKUS is actually quite mature in the design.
James PatersonGUEST
Look, that's a sovereign democratic choice for the UK government to make.
James PatersonGUEST
I'm not concerned at all about the UK government's commitment to AUKUS, because for the United Kingdom, it's a national security and an economic imperative.
James PatersonGUEST
It's a huge opportunity for them to work with Australia on those SSN AUKUS submarines in the late twenty-thirties and twenty-forties.
James PatersonGUEST
So particularly having the Chancellor of the Exchequer being a former defense minister who's very committed to AUKUS, I'm confident about the U- UK pathway.
Sally SaraHOST
Uh, just briefly, in an interview on News 24 yesterday, Senator Pauline Hanson made some comments about you and also Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson.
Sally SaraHOST
Let's take a quick listen.
Kym BergmannHOST
I'm going to start with a little bit of breaking news about nuclear-powered submarines because overnight I've seen some alarming media reports coming from the UK.
Kym BergmannHOST
which are very detailed and very credible, that say that the Labour government under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has delayed ordering new attack class submarines, that's the SSN AUKUS, that's an essential part of AUKUS Pillar 1, until 2028.
Kym BergmannHOST
I'll repeat, the UK has delayed even ordering, let alone planning, building SSN AUKUS until 2028 and I will add at the earliest.
Kym BergmannHOST
Now people might be sick and tired of me saying this but obviously our politicians, particularly Defence Minister Richard Marles, are not telling the truth about the state of the UK and US submarine building efforts.
Kym BergmannHOST
But Big chunks of the media keep parroting these falsely optimistic narratives that simply fly in the face of available evidence.
Marcus HellyerHOST
It'll eat any submarine it encounters for breakfast.
Michael ShoebridgeHOST
Now, just put that thought to one side because we're also getting Orca submarines, Virginia class, and then snorkers.
Michael ShoebridgeHOST
These things-
Marcus HellyerHOST
Apex predator
Marcus HellyerHOST
Right.
Michael ShoebridgeHOST
But yeah, so I just think we, we have to believe both these magical things.
Michael ShoebridgeHOST
One, the Orca submarines are invisible, undiscoverable, uh, and therefore incredibly powerful.
Michael ShoebridgeHOST
Number two, the Hunter frigate can find and kill any submarine on, on the planet at any time.