Retired former Army General Peter Leahy has voiced his concerns about the readiness of Australia’s defence force.
“My concern is the time when we’ve been told that we’re facing the most dire geo-strategic circumstances in a long time and I would think that might occasion the fact we bolster our defences,” Mr Leahy told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“We’ve got a submarine in the never, never … it’s a long way away,” he said.
“We’ve also got a delay in the decision on the nature of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface fleet.
“We’ve also seen money coming out of defence … it’s coming out of money that has already been allocated, it’s been put aside and it’s not doing anything right now.
“So I’m concerned about preparedness and readiness, I’m concerned about maintenance and sustainment, and I’m concerned about stock levels because if something does happen, well how ready are we?”
Mr Leahy went on to say that Australia’s defence needs to be more balanced and not just focused on the military.
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What are we defending?
Austerity Albo wants to give the land, water and air away and Grim Jim is stuffing the economy.
Readiness???? Only after they put on their rainbow pants insert a tampon and “chest feed”
Inclusion badge of honour
Our forces are ….. pathetic weak mentally confused
Oh yeh — and Vaxxed
May drop dead at any moment
I don’t know if this is something your supposed to loudly advertise for everyone to see.
We have had 9 years of the Liberal Prty government to improve defence and nothing got done. Credlin wants this general to attack the albo government
He doesnt at all, he just spaks great common sense. Big fail Credlin with a real unbiased expert instead of a murdoch monkey.
The ADF will be ready & capable when the time comes 👍
If you are fighting unarmed civilians, you can always send in Dan's bully boys.
I think Tasmanians will invade us.
Don't worry the Australian public will fight any threat. We will have to, as we cannot depend on our government, military, police force. It will be up to us.
Bring back National service for Perm and Australian citizens.
The reason we have no military, from the perspective of a fighting-aged male is that there is nothing to fight for. I’m expected to work myself to death to live in a studio apartment, get taxed to oblivion and question basic grocery purchases. I am over-taxes and overworked with no future. I will never be married, I will never have children and I will never own a home. Every opportunity I get to build a future, the government applies red tape to that pushes me back to square one. As far as I’m concerned I have 0 loyalty to this country and I’m a free agent. All China need to do is offer me an apartment and place in society and I’ll fight alongside them 🇨🇳
yes we are nowhere near ready, lost most of our own independency in automotive industry, many many factories are closed as well, so we lose the tools to ramp up our own defense.
we are far weaker than in ww2.
and inside 2 years we be in a war, we need to use our money wisely.
stop selling minerals to bolster our enemy.
get our fuel made here at high levels, we have plenty of our own oil.
needed to be done 20 years ago
Has anyone asked who the fuck the girl is in the red shirt? What background does she come from to be asking questions like that or making statements like that?
Time to wake up australia.
The bitch is reading a script from the filthy leaders of our country banking off wars using false evidence appearing real (F.E.A.R) to tax the fuck out of us which is another form of sickness for our slavery.
Seriously. Who is she to make statements like that? What the fuck does she know except getting make up on reading a teleprompter?? For fuck sake are you all really that fucking stupid?
The ADF has plenty of senior officers but no armed drones
We have no autonomy, we’re just lackeys for the empire….who gives a shit, we can’t even get Julian Assange back…yr piss weak.
There’s no way in hell we can protect Australia.
I would worry more about American soldiers as they may wear skirts in battles while the Chinese are in full gear
We aren't ready just look at the optus chaos that was like 1/3 lol 28 million population 10 million people affect and these little pansies were losing their minds LOL
It seems obvious to me that as an island state Australia must be taken from within. The Chinese and the Muslims are flat out to that goal.