Do we seek security from Asia or in Asia? Artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, quantum sensing and encryption, and hypersonic missiles all represent game-changing technologies.
The National Defence Strategy ultimately fulfils its commitments first articulated in the 2024 Defence Strategic Review. Whether capabilities can be delivered fast enough, relative to a changing security environment, remains to be seen.
Talk is ramping up that Japan could be joining AUKUS Pillar II. The move would be a welcome ideological and strategic fit.
Australia needs to think of ways to close the ‘missile gap’ in the short term, a period in which the risk of conflict in our region could potentially be at its greatest.
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