In a war of attrition, Australia would be lucky to last several weeks. The Defence Strategic Review is expected to emphasise the need to boost local arms production.
In the hours after his country was invaded last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rebuffed an evacuation offer by declaring: “It’s a sentiment that remains true today – and is helping inform some of the thinking behind Australia’s Defence Strategic Review.AAP
But it also leaves Australia vulnerable to being severed from supply lines in the event of conflict, particularly its major ally and arms supplier, the United States. Japan’s advances in the South Pacific in World War II offer a blueprint for 21st century adversaries.The pandemic, while not a conflict, has also highlighted just how delicately balanced supply chains can be, and fed renewed belief in the need for self-reliance.
We may not make manned fighter jets, but there is no reason why we can’t build the missiles attached to their wings.
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