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"For more than a century, Australia has followed the same defence policy:
dependence on a great power. This was first the United Kingdom and then the
United States.
Without properly considering other options, successive federal governments have
intensified this policy with the AUKUS agreement and locked Australia into
dependency on the US for decades to come.
A more imaginative and innovative government would have investigated different
ways to achieve a strong and independent national defence policy.
One that, for instance, didn’t require Australia to surrender its sovereignty
to a foreign power. Nor require the acquisition of fabulously expensive
nuclear-powered submarines and the building of overpriced, under-gunned surface
warships, such as the Hunter frigates.
In fact, in an age of rapidly improving uncrewed systems, Australia does not
need any crewed warships or submarines at all.
Instead, Australia should lean into a military philosophy that I describe in my
upcoming book,
The Big Fix: Rebuilding Australia’s National Security. This is
known as the “strategic defensive”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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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
