Australia needs “bigger, better submarines now, not two decades from now” to counter China’s “extreme bullying” of nations across the Indo-Pacific, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday. Abbott, who was the prime minister from 2013 to 2015, added “the peril is not far off,” especially concerning Taiwan. During his meetings in Washington, he has been pressing for Canberra to buy a retiring Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine for training and possibly additional attack submarines for operations until Australia can commission one of its own. At an online event at the Wilson Center on Friday, he said if he were in … Continue reading Australia Needs ‘Bigger, Better Submarines Now’ Says Former Prime Minister