Fantastic discussion between Jennifer Parker and Vice Adm. Jonathan Mead, Director-General Australian Submarine Agency re: deterrence and 🇦🇺's nuclear-powered subs. Roles incl.: anti-sub/surface warfare, providing the greatest level of doubt in the mind of a potential adversary. #DisruptandDeter

Courtney Stewart from OCRT : at an inflection point on deterrence... Need an Indo-Pacific deterrence quad 🇦🇺 🇺🇲 🇯🇵 🇰🇷? #disruptanddeter ASPI #Defence #deterrence #NationalSecurity #ThinkTank

Former President of Kiribati Anote Tong speaks with Robert Glasser at ASPI Conf. on #climatesecurity and the Pacific. 'Sea level rise is just one threat. The intensity of storms is increasing, causing damage to sea walls', reducing local recovery options. #DisruptandDeter

Agreed: The last thing you want is to suffer being surprised by the real-time weaponisation of data on the battlefield. Defence Australia can do much more to ensure readiness on this front. Great insights from Angus Bean and LTGEN Greg Bilton at ASPI Confr. #DisruptandDeter

In a panel moderated by Ashley Townshend, OCRT Senior Managing Consultant Courtney Stewart speaks on the need for 🇦🇺 to do more in our immediate region, potentially linking in with 🇺🇲 competition 'campaigning' efforts, to support #integrateddeterrence . ASPI #DisruptandDeter

Steve Baxter (Winston Smith - let's not go there) dropping nothing but truth bombs. We need ASCA to be working asap, need to use existing tax breaks for entrepreneurs but with an immediate 'khaki wash', need to ease Australian defence industry selling to allies ASPI #disruptanddeter

Last panel! Carley Scott, OAM 🚀🌈 speaks with Alex Bristow 史德礼 on the relationship of to traditional #warfighting domains. 'Joining domains requires a holistic, particularly commercial, approach to capabilities integration'. #FocusedADF #DisruptandDeter

One of the lines of the day from Jennifer Jackett : complementary to 'exquisite capabilities' (like nuclear subs) we need those that are 'small, unmanned, smart and many' ASPI #disruptanddeter #Defence #NationalSecurity

VADM Jonathan Mead, DG of the Australian Submarine Agency joined Jennifer Parker discussing the Optimal Pathway as part of ASPI’s 2023 #DisruptandDeter Conference. VADM Mead said the delivery of nuclear-powered submarines progresses with pace thanks to critical help from our #AUKUS partners.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Sklenka, 'Deterrence is our number one mission... But there is also a war of escalation that we need to better understand, particularly around cyber'. Speaking at ASPI Conference. #DisruptandDeter

Alexandra Caples leading the panel on Technological disruption and defence strategy ASPI #disruptanddeter #Defence #NationalSecurity

ASPI Conference Day 2 - opening with James Paterson : Australia had its foreign interference wakeup call 6 years ago with Sam Dastyari affair #disruptanddeter

Jennifer Jackett on tech innovation as a key to deterrence. What's needed: A less risk-averse approach to procurement within Defence Australia; an open innovation model re: auton. systems; long-term investment in R&D thru academia-industry partnerships. ASPI Confr. #DisruptandDeter

James Paterson tells ASPI's Conferrence, 'Bilateral relationships are important, but are not ends to a means. And the end should always be 🇦🇺's national security'. #DisruptandDeter

Bec Shrimpton and #CGSR Director Dr Brad Roberts discuss #NATO nuclear posture and deterrence strategy against 🇷🇺's toolkit for fighting a 'regional' conflict, given an escalation in the war in 🇺🇦. ASPI Conference #DisruptandDeter

Paul Scharre from CNAS : power is a real issue in directed energy weapons, this tech area is not growing as fast as others ASPI #disruptanddeter #Defence #NationalSecurity #ThinkTank

In tech disruption panel, Lieutenant General Greg Bilton tells Alexandra Caples that top priority is ‘ability to aggregate, explore & use data’. #disruptanddeter ASPI DroneShield® (ASX:DRO)

Since Newton, we’ve struggled to crack the three-body problem, but we live in a strategic environment with many times more dimensions of complexity, says General Angus Campbell at the ASPI Conference dinner #DisruptandDeter

Australia’s plans to cut domestic emissions must be matched by curbing its large-scale exports of fossil fuels, says Kiribati former President Anote Tong to Robert Glasser ASPI Conference #DisruptandDeter

Sam Dastyari’s public disgrace was a helpful wake up call to the threat of foreign interference, but 🇬🇧 Parliament espionage threat shows that we need vetting for parliamentary staff in Australia, says James Paterson to Amrit Bagia ASPI Conference #DisruptandDeter