ONE of the best-credentialled critics of Australia's modern military stance says the Australian public has not been told the real reason that Australia is looking to sign an AUKUS agreement enabling nuclear submarines, and says we would be far better off - for defence purposes - with a larger fleet of conventional subs.
Professor Clinton Fernandes, a former Army major and intelligence officer, is now an author and academic teaching specialist courses at the University of NSW Canberra campus. He has also taught for the Australian Defence Force Academy.
