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FROM THE SOURCE VICE ADMIRAL MICHAEL NOONAN 121
partners in the region. It has also enhanced our interoper- ability as we work together with a common goal of a secure and peaceful Indo-Pacific. Navy has also been conducting Regional Presence Deployment to maintain a presence in the region.
As the Defence Strategic Update 2020 outlined, we live in a time of strategic competition. In the context of enduring competition, maritime campaigning will evolve to become even more persistent. This will include operating forward and maintaining presence, because trust and interoper- ability cannot occur at distance. Presence has a power that absence, even with promise and friendship, cannot match.
Navy will continue to undertake these important exercis- es and engagement activities, as well as Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief when it is required. Navy will continue to work to strengthen our partnerships with the countries in Australia’s immediate region.
More than 80 international navy delegations have been invited to the Royal Australian Navy’s Sea Power Confer- ence 2022 in Sydney in May.
ADM: If a diesel-electric submarine was appropriate for Australia’s strategic circumstances in 2015, what has changed since then to prompt the shift to nuclear pow- ered submarines?
VADM NOONAN: The strategic environment has changed more rapidly than anticipated. Military modernisation is occurring at an unprecedented rate, there is greater stra- tegic competition, and the technological edge enjoyed by Australia and our partners is narrow-
ing. The government outlined these
changes in the Defence Strategic
Update in July 2020. In recognition “OUR NAVY IS of our deteriorating strategic envi-
ronment and the rapid militarisation
of our region, Prime Minister Scott
Morrison directed the Secretary of
Defence and the Chief of the Defence
Force to bring forward a strategic re-
view focused on enhancing Australia’s defence capabilities. The review reaffirmed the need for Australia to invest in high-end capabilities that bolster our deterrence and better prepare us to respond in the event of conflict in our region.
In particular, the review reaffirmed that future submarine capability would be critical to our defence strategy and that Australia should explore the feasibility of acquiring nucle- ar-powered submarine technology. That was not an option available to Australia in 2016. Nuclear-powered submarines
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