Australian international engagement in support of our strategic partnerships.”
Australia had been warned it must militarize its northern borders amid threats of Chinese expansion in the Indo-Pacific region and prepare for the US losing its “military primacy” in the area.
Guess who is doing the “warning”. I thought being being a US sock puppet was just a European thing.
Like it or not Chinese expansion in the Indo-Pacific region is akin to US expansion in the Caribbean. Except Chinese warships aren’t cruising off Key West.
Australians are a nominally independent bunch. Why they volunteer to become a suicide victim, point man in a US instigated war is beyond me.
Why aren’t the Liberals and Greens screaming bloody murder over the US military presence? Why are they buying the F-35 albatross? Trade sanctions? “Foreign Aid” promises?
The Aussie military is highly respected but small (60,000 active). That said, I suspect all China has to do is spend an afternoon cruise missiling a few big cities and Aussie priorities will be shifted inward.
A couple well placed nukes would do the trick. If that isn’t foremost in Scott Morrison’s mind, he has lost his mind.
I think Australia’s best bet is to be armed, prepared and transformed into a South Pacific Switzerland.
by Tyler Durden
Expanding on our June report, that outlined Australia is constructing a new naval port on its northern coast to counter a rising China in the Indo-Pacific region, Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the government recognized the “vital importance” of militarizing northern Australia for national security purposes.
Senator Reynolds said, “over $8 billion will be invested in defense infrastructure in the Northern Territory alone. Northern Australia is key to Australian international engagement in support of our strategic partnerships.”
This comes at a time when Washington and its strategic allies are falling into Thucydides Trap, referring to China, the rising power, challenging the US, the status quo, could one day lead to a shooting war somewhere in the heavily contested South China Sea and western Pacific waters.
Senator Reynolds said Australia had been warned it must militarize its northern borders amid threats of Chinese expansion in the Indo-Pacific region and prepare for the US losing its “military primacy” in the area.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and United States Studies Centre are expected to sound the alarm Monday on the lack of troops and military hardware in northern Australia and the need to increase weapon stockpiles and fuel reserves.
ASPI’s report requests the government to stress test defense, intelligence, and border security agencies in the North against sudden threats.
ASPI suggests troop deployment in the North is at decade lows calls for a “single scalable defense and national security ecosystem.”…
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