Military thinktank says plan to deploy ‘yet to be acquired’ weapons would ‘risk further escalation for no prospect of gain’
the defence of Australia “doesn’t mean much without the security of our region and a settled global rules-based order”.said the threat of direct invasion of Australia was “remote”, but the country “must contribute to the maintenance of a regional balance of power in the Indo-Pacific that is favourable to our interests”.
The review supported the government’s decision to acquire Himars “and its associated missiles”, while also backing the co-development and rapid acquisition of Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile , which has a range of up to 500km. They agreed that land-based strike had a role to play, but took issue with the increasing tendency to link deterrence with Australian strike capabilities, saying this assumption “represents a rather narrow view”.
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