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2019 Thawley Essay

Runner-up: ‘Sink the subs’

7 November 2020

9:00 AM

7 November 2020

9:00 AM

From where I sit in Darwin, the greatest Australian defence scandal of the 20th century was the lack of Spitfires in Darwin when the Japanese arrived. But it is surely going to be matched in the 21st century by the lack of submarines in Australian waters when the next need for efficient combat vessels gets here.

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