The Chief of Australia's Army rejects the idea WA's north is under-defended, while giving insight into how the state is on the 'leading edge' of efforts to transform the fighting force.
"We are the source of around 50 per cent of the nation's export value, and we are a third of the continent, and we have very few assets beyond naval assets here," he said.
"If you want to damage Australia, you can damage our economy really quickly by intercepting our ability to trade." WA's most senior Army officer, and Commander of 13 Brigade Brigadier Brett Chaloner, had a similar view to his boss. "One of the challenges we're always going to have is that Western Australia, like Australia, is a huge land mass with a massive coastline, and we're always going to be a comparatively small force," he said.
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