The ANZUS treaty does not make Australia safer. Rather, it fuels a fear of perpetual military threat

Wed, 8 Sep 2021 06:08:39 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/the-anzus-treaty-does-not-make-australia-safer-rather-it-fuels-a-fear-of-perpetual-military-threat-165670>

"In June 2020, the Australian federal government announced a new, A$270 billion
defence strategy. Part of this entailed spending $800 million on new AGM-158C
long-range anti-ship missiles from the United States.

The new spend formed part of a long tradition of Australian defence procurement
from the US. In 2017, the Australian National Audit Office estimated the
Australian Defence Force (ADF) had spent an eye-watering $10 billion on
American weapons and equipment in the previous four years alone.

This trend looks set to continue. This May, for example, the ADF announced the
establishment of a $7 billion space division, which will inevitably deepen
Australia’s security and economic ties with the US.

And as the Biden administration focuses more attention on “the Quad” — the
quadrilateral security arrangement between the US, Australia, Japan and India —
to counter Chinese influence in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia will most
likely purchase even more American weapons and military equipment."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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