Andrew Greene

@AndrewBGreene

ABC Defence Correspondent - personal account/views. DM for Signal 🇦🇺 🇨🇿

Canberra

Joined July 2010

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · Jun 12

“For years Australia's defence strategy has been based on the assumption nuclear powered submarines will eventually arrive. The government insists there's still no need to draw up a plan B if AUKUS falls over, but alternative options are fast evaporating” youtu.be/E1tpz9FpICQ?si…

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Stephen Dziedzic@stephendziedzic · Jun 12

AUKUS, sunk costs and fine balances, with @AndrewBGreene abc.net.au/news/2025-06-1…

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · Jun 10

“Sources familiar with the LCM project warn the delivery date is now facing delays of up to two years, which is likely to affect subsequent plans to build a fleet of larger Army landing vessels, as well as other shipbuilding projects at Henderson” abc.net.au/news/2025-06-1…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. Growing concern surrounds delays to a Western Australian project to build army water landing craft, amid fears other shipbuilding efforts could also be disrupted.

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · Jun 7

"This wasn't just a blip. It was full-scale, military-grade radar triggering built-in safety protocols … and it rolled across our network in sync with the ship's movement. It's not every day a warship takes your gear offline!" abc.net.au/news/2025-06-0…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. The Department of Defence has acknowledged that HMAS Canberra accidentally took out a number of wireless internet and radio services across New Zealand.

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · Jun 7

"Australia’s defence force is slowly but surely being degraded in size and capacity by being denied funding, due to a focus on submarines that will arrive too late to deter China’s rapid military build-up and aggression" - savage piece via @WarintheFuture smh.com.au/politics/feder…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. With a focus on AUKUS and averting risk, Australia risks fighting the last war rather than the next one.

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · Jun 2

“The Prime Minister will announce tomorrow that the UK’s conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine fleet will be significantly expanded, with up to 12 new SSN-AUKUS boats to be built” gov.uk/government/new…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. The UK will build up to a dozen new attack submarines to keep Britain safe.

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · Jun 1

“On defense spending, Secretary Hegseth conveyed that Australia should increase its defense spending to 3.5 percent of its GDP as soon as possible” defense.gov/News/Releases/…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on the margins of the Shangri La Dialogue to discuss key priorities for the

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · Jun 1

“Roughly 50,000 people cheered, threw lilacs from balconies and waved Czech and U.S. flags. Humason was treated like a hero this month when he visited the Czech Republic, returning to a place he helped liberate from Nazi Germany during World War II” 🇺🇸 🇨🇿 washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. Harry Humason, who helped liberate Europe from the Nazis, was shocked when hundreds of grateful Czech citizens donated to pay for his travels.

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · May 31

“Japan will need to begin planning soon if the GCAP is delayed to ensure it has enough jets to counter Chinese and Russian planes that regularly probe its air defences. While senior officials are discussing the possibility of buying more F-35s” reuters.com/markets/europe…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. Japan has growing doubts that its next-generation fighter project with Britain and Italy will meet a 2035 rollout target, potentially forcing Tokyo to plug air defence gaps with new U.S. F-35 stealth...

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · May 30

“The need to increase defence spending is something that he definitely raised… What I made clear is that this is a conversation that we are very willing to have, and it is one that we are having, having already made very significant steps in the past” abc.net.au/news/2025-05-3…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. Australia is on track to reach defence spending levels of 2.33 per cent of GDP by 2033-34 but for months the Trump Administration has pressured the government to get to at least three per cent of...

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · May 30

Breaking: Up to eight people, believed to be from China, have been detained by border protection authorities after reaching a remote part of the Northern Territory coast by boat earlier this week abc.net.au/news/2025-05-3…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. Up to eight people, believed to be from China, have been detained by border protection authorities after reaching a remote part of the Northern Territory coast by boat earlier this week.

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · May 26

“If we fall, you all will crumble. Let me tell you Australia, this war is next door. It's so close that you cannot even imagine. Most of the countries don't support us ... globally, and that's a matter of democracy," canberratimes.com.au/story/8976394/…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. The war on democracies is "so close" to Australia, Ukraine's ambassador says, while calling for a alliance of...

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · May 24

“When I did say that I was married to somebody in the U.S. Army, the officers laughed at me… They kept telling me that I had too many clothes in my suitcase. So because of that, they assumed that I was going to overstay my visa” hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/05/24/im-…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. U.S. border officials denied entry for Nicolle Saroukos, who says she was "treated like a criminal."

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Andrew Greene@AndrewBGreene · May 19

"Last year, even before Donald Trump returned as president, we warned the Australians that sending these Abrams tanks would be complicated, and once they finally get to the battlefield the Ukrainians will find them difficult to sustain" abc.net.au/news/2025-05-1…

AndrewBGreene's tweet card. American officials remain privately frustrated over Australia's decision to donate retired Abrams tanks to Ukraine, even as the vehicles finally begin the long sea journey to the battleground.

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