# The Grumpy Strategists Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649.md RSS feed: https://media.rss.com/the-grumpy-strategists/feed.xml Official site: https://strategicanalysis.org/ Author: Strategic Analysis Australia Episodes: 85 ## Resource The Grumpy Strategists chat about defence and security issues, from an Australian perspective. We say simple things about complicated issues that help cut through the politics and careful bureaucratic talking points. Critical but constructive conversations about the big security and technology issues affecting our world. RSSVERIFY ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649.md ## Episodes - [AUKUS subs' temporary base is permanent again: Mr Conroy loses his trousers in Washington, startling Elbridge Colby](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/aukus-subs-temporary-base-is-permanent-again-mr-conroy-loses-his-trousers-in-washington-startling-elbridge-colby) — 2026-08-01T08:19:27+00:00 - [Grumpy Strategists episode 77: Those silly Canadians. Drone wars - US joins Ukraine. & Zumwalt: The Expense Continues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/grumpy-strategists-episode-77-those-silly-canadians-drone-wars-us-joins-ukraine-zumwalt-the-expense-continues) — 2026-07-20T08:46:30+00:00 - [Accountability is king, but no one is responsible. The tragedy of Australian Defence leaders forced to waste their time & our money](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/accountability-is-king-but-no-one-is-responsible-the-tragedy-of-australian-defence-leaders-forced-to-waste-their-time-our-money) — 2026-07-10T07:12:25+00:00 - [Unaccountable rises: A Defence leadership Trifecta performs at Parliament, while China shifts the ground on AUKUS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/unaccountable-rises-a-defence-leadership-trifecta-performs-at-parliament-while-china-shifts-the-ground-on-aukus) — 2026-06-21T08:30:01+00:00 - [America in Asia: a very different Hegesth to 2025 & regional ordering amongst disorder](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/america-in-asia-a-very-different-hegesth-to-2025-regional-ordering-amongst-disorder) — 2026-06-15T10:24:52+00:00 - [Retreat from Singapore: Richard Marles succeeds in getting all used subs from America. The new ones are rubbish.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/retreat-from-singapore-richard-marles-succeeds-in-getting-all-used-subs-from-america-the-new-ones-are-rubbish) — 2026-06-04T03:50:39+00:00 - [Australia's Collins subs life extension scandal: 10 years of failure covered up until the Auditors came - & the UK's 1st Sea Lord takes truth serum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/australia-s-collins-subs-life-extension-scandal-10-years-of-failure-covered-up-until-the-auditors-came-the-uk-s-1st-sea-lord-takes-truth-serum) — 2026-05-26T02:16:52+00:00 - [Oz Budgets: the Unhappy meet the Disappointed. Big Defence numbers get small. & the cage fight in Beijing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/oz-budgets-the-unhappy-meet-the-disappointed-big-defence-numbers-get-small-the-cage-fight-in-beijing) — 2026-05-18T11:34:04+00:00 - [Zen and the Art of Defence investment: big numbers for everyone - Episode 70](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/zen-and-the-art-of-defence-investment-big-numbers-for-everyone-episode-70) — 2026-05-01T09:44:47+00:00 - [The Grumpy Strategists cover Australia's new defence plan: a strategy of denial that the world has changed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/the-grumpy-strategists-cover-australia-s-new-defence-plan-a-strategy-of-denial-that-the-world-has-changed) — 2026-04-17T09:35:16+00:00 - [America's wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to deliver a military able to fight everyone - except China.....](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/america-s-wartime-defense-budget-1-5-trillion-to-deliver-a-military-able-to-fight-everyone-except-china) — 2026-04-09T06:28:52+00:00 - [The Gulf collective defence exercise: a war no one admits to fighting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/the-gulf-collective-defence-exercise-a-war-no-one-admits-to-fighting) — 2026-04-01T08:08:50+00:00 - [Our Kentucky Colonel masters deflection, the War & AUKUS sub outcomes - magical thinking meets US & UK partner realities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/our-kentucky-colonel-masters-deflection-the-war-aukus-sub-outcomes-magical-thinking-meets-us-uk-partner-realities) — 2026-03-25T10:16:05+00:00 - [Victory in the War for Influence & Invoicing: Australia's Mandarin Advisory Complex at work in two reports](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/victory-in-the-war-for-influence-invoicing-australia-s-mandarin-advisory-complex-at-work-in-two-reports) — 2026-03-17T07:31:17+00:00 - [The Iran war: Australia joins the "Coalescing of the Partly Willing"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/the-iran-war-australia-joins-the-coalescing-of-the-partly-willing) — 2026-03-10T08:51:26+00:00 - [Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts - Trump tries for the Big Maduro](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/iran-war-bad-guys-rose-petals-and-donuts-trump-tries-for-the-big-maduro) — 2026-03-04T06:23:31+00:00 - [Plumbing new depths in politics. And Chinese sub numbers & PLA purges - actually mindboggling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/plumbing-new-depths-in-politics-and-chinese-sub-numbers-pla-purges-actually-mindboggling) — 2026-02-26T04:51:29+00:00 - [Mindboggling! celebrating $30 billion on sub sheds (not actual subs), while leaders outdo One Nation's darker instincts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/mindboggling-celebrating-30-billion-on-sub-sheds-not-actual-subs-while-leaders-outdo-one-nation-s-darker-instincts) — 2026-02-19T06:35:19+00:00 - [Australia's defence budget update: a sugar hit followed by a $2.6bn cut. Take that, Mr Trump, sir!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/australia-s-defence-budget-update-a-sugar-hit-followed-by-a-2-6bn-cut-take-that-mr-trump-sir) — 2026-02-10T05:46:01+00:00 - [Deceased estate: Oz Defence sells the silver to fund poor lifestyle choices, & US obliterating Iranian nukes (again).](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/deceased-estate-oz-defence-sells-the-silver-to-fund-poor-lifestyle-choices-us-obliterating-iranian-nukes-again) — 2026-02-05T02:00:54+00:00 - [Penguins, not principles, key to Australia's Trump management - & Ozzie maritime strategy tied to a collapsing US Navy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/penguins-not-principles-key-to-australia-s-trump-management-ozzie-maritime-strategy-tied-to-a-collapsing-us-navy) — 2026-01-21T06:35:45+00:00 - [Trump's edifice complex gets Grumpy, & 2025 strategic & Aussie military takeaways](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/trump-s-edifice-complex-gets-grumpy-2025-strategic-aussie-military-takeaways) — 2025-12-22T06:43:04+00:00 - [AUKUS gets steamy, & cherrypicking can't make the US National Security Strategy good news](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/aukus-gets-steamy-cherrypicking-can-t-make-the-us-national-security-strategy-good-news) — 2025-12-12T07:06:28+00:00 - [The hunt for Defence reform downunder: Mr Conroy & the Yeti. And the mystery of sea control with a tiny fleet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/the-hunt-for-defence-reform-downunder-mr-conroy-the-yeti-and-the-mystery-of-sea-control-with-a-tiny-fleet) — 2025-12-06T05:29:48+00:00 - [The Ambassadors Series - a Grumpy Strategist meets a high energy Ukrainian Ambassador](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/the-ambassadors-series-a-grumpy-strategist-meets-a-high-energy-ukrainian-ambassador) — 2025-08-18T23:23:06+00:00 - [Grumpy Strategist Makers Series - with Beaten Zone's Steve Baxter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/grumpy-strategist-makers-series-with-beaten-zone-s-steve-baxter) — 2025-07-22T06:44:25+00:00 - [The Great Debates: a civil nuclear debate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/the-great-debates-a-civil-nuclear-debate) — 2024-07-26T03:28:23+00:00 - [Grumpy Strategist Makers' Series - the workforce edition with KINEXUS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/grumpy-strategist-makers-series-the-workforce-edition-with-kinexus) — 2024-07-03T09:46:15+00:00 - [The Grumpy Strategist Makers' Series Episode - Austal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/the-grumpy-strategist-makers-series-episode-austal) — 2024-05-29T01:06:25+00:00 - [Grumpy Strategist Makers Series Episode 3 - NIOA Group](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/grumpy-strategist-makers-series-episode-3-nioa-group) — 2024-04-03T10:11:19+00:00 - [Grumpy Strategists Makers Series Episode 2 - Gilmour Space](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/grumpy-strategists-makers-series-episode-2-gilmour-space) — 2024-03-14T10:15:19+00:00 - [Grumpy Strategists - The Makers' Series Episode 1](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grumpy-strategists-6607649/grumpy-strategists-the-makers-series-episode-1) — 2024-02-28T22:18:22+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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