The next war won't be a Chinese battleship sailing through the Sydney Heads. It will be one of Beijing's long-range strike missiles, capable of striking the Australian mainland in just 30 minutes, writes Professor Joseph M. Siracusa.
Before all else – but not above all else - the Defence report will address the perennial concern that because of its vast coastline and small population , Australia is fundamentally indefensible – and all that flows from that.
He added nothing much had changed since the Vietnam War and the nation’s confrontation with Indonesia. The announcement of another landmark defence review, just two years after a strategic update in 2020 by the previous Coalition government, signals a sense of urgency.Gone apparently are the days when the island continent could count on 10 years of warnings of a major threat, though no one really believed that.
Flying time, by airplane is 8.26 hours; intercontinental ballistic missile, launched from the mainland, 1 hour; intermediate-range ballistic missile, launched, say, from the Solomon Islands, 30 minutes.
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