Bondi Partners Senior Advisor and retired Major General Fergus McLachlan says Australia needs a “more mobile army”.
Defence Minister Richard Marles launched a new National Defence Strategy, which has an investment of an extra $50.3 billion over the next decade.
Extra funds will be allocated to longer-range strikes and targeting, including in precision missiles and guided rocket-launch systems.
The Defence Minister said the army must become more “amphibious” and mobile to contribute to the security of the region.
Mr McLachlan told Sky News Australia that the ADF needs to be “armed to the teeth”.
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Stop spending money on 'wokery' and other such nonsense. Reduce waste in the public service, where less wokery will be a start. And redirect the money to Defence. Our servicemen and women should be respected and well treated.
How stupid are the governments in Australia. They are going out and buying all of this great equipment for the Army, Navy, and Airforce.
But they forget one major defining point, you have to have personnel to operate them.
The Defence Force Personnel are the least paid members of the Australian workforce, yet they hold the same qualification like all the trades.
The only trade the is not in the Australian workforce is the Arms Corps.
A basic soldier in the defence force is paid dollars just above the dole.
Look at the SIZE of Australia , do you really think we can defend ourselves? Don’t pay billions for an expensive dream. I’d rather see us neutral, withdraw from all the expensive organisations which don’t benefit us one iota, transfer our “defence” forces to air, Sea, Land rescue.
Jesus heals all nations. Knowing this it’s kind of hard to watch these actors of the evil one play their part
couple of questions to ask… the obesity epidemic will make conscription interesting, additionally, the mental health epidemic will also make things interesting… a decision based on medical exemptions may be made very quickly, depending on the urgency… political and business son's daughter's and other relations exemptions will be interesting as well… there will be no fortunate son's without extreme justification… and post whatever war, scrutiny around such 'safe' postings will also be observed…
We need to stop being an American colony and stand alone. We are grateful to have friends, but just in case we have everything, we need to develop in-house military research, development, and manufacturing to at least defend. So let's do that.
Clown looking after his American MIC masters. What a bloody tosser.
aust defence force exists to be used by usa in its wars of aggression or usa threatening others around the world. No other reason. If that wasnt the case we would not have anyone marching on anzac day
Perhaps Richard Marles should be the PM. He at least understands some of the problems created by the current PM Albo!!
We need a back up armed civilian militia, like Switzerland and others – as a last resort, stop disarming civilians.
This country is in such a bad state. Victoria are recruiting brain washed 18 year olds as police while the adults abandon the force. Meanwhile we have violence in our cities and no right for self defense for normal people. We are a police state and a nation of victims. We have an enemy alright but it's not another nation.
What is our AI status like.
Deterrence 😂😂😂, pretty delusional. Just another excuse to waste taxpayers money.
Australian ''Defence '' ,was laughable when they had that woman Minister of Defence ,it you asked her the calibre of an AK she wouldnt have a clue ,The Chinese are already buying us out and wont need to fire a shot,and have the Port of Darwin
Stupid title – you need more troops and build missiles and drones locally while you ditch the stupid nuclear submarine deal.
Our Military should be surrounding our Coastline! ❤️🇦🇺🦘
The Government works for China. They are the enemy.
So the answer is a return to the sea air gap policy, by a different name, ohh hasn't that policy failed twice already 😮😮😮
We are sick of political reteric and their games ,Australians want common sense action all the time .All the game playing career politicians get out before you get us all killed or enslaved .
Drones.
Big drones , little drones , millions of them .
Sadly too late. Our polies have been asleep at the wheel
Invasion has already happened, immigrants without AU values the Sydney Church attack is proof and rests solely on Labor Greens Wong and the idiots in Labor Green Governments. The new GG is also a strategic plant to support Labor woke
Protecting our way of life, is not a priority
Australia is the most top heavy Defence force in the world. Bucket loads of Chiefs and no Indians
Who's gonna attack you, New Zealand? PNG?
ADF needs drones among other weapons to be effective. At the moment it has sugar gliders. 😢
A couple of capabilities we are missing is a medium to long range land based mobile air defence system with the recent attacks on Israel showing why such systems are a necessity.
And for all our large naval assets to be able to fire the full array of US missiles such as the SM-3 and Tomahawk.
I am happy to have defence equipment designed and built in Australia as long as what is built is world class or better.
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labor needs to go
US told us to spend more on their gear?
YES BUT WHERE WILL YOU GET THE MONEY
Yes, buy hardwares from US, and send our kids to 'defend' Oceania 8000 km away😂
We could use sky commentators. They could slay our enemies with bullshit.
No polly wants to say fifth column do they?
Ground based integrated missile defence…..oh you mean like AEGIS Ashore 🤷♂️