Honour the brave
On : --SOLDIERS have rights, too. Why are politicians — elected public servants — so determined to run down morale in our defence forces, discourage enlistment and leave Australia defenceless?
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Scrap Turnbull’s subs or pay intolerable price
On : --MALCOLM Turnbull’s myopic investment in yesterday’s technology, today, for tomorrow, even managed to skip nuclear in his race for the past. In an interview with Defence News the US Navy’s top officer Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday says he has…
PM moves towards nukes
On : --AUSTRALIA’s military build-up has placed the nation on a trajectory towards nuclear weapons according to respected security analyst Dr Euan Graham.
The Singapore-based Asia-Pacific defence expert said this month’s announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison had “nudged Canberra into a more serious exploration of an independent nuclear capacity”.
Australia’s military build-up to rival Russia
On : --AUSTRALIA’S military build-up is on track to dwarf Germany, France and Britain as it responds to Chinese hostility in the Indo-Pacific region.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week announced a massive war chest taking annual military spending from this year’s US$35b up to US$61.2b by 2030.
This is approaching Russia’s current defence budget of US$61.6b a year.