Australia’s national security committee may make an approval on the Joint Strike Fighter project today. But what do they have to base a sound purchase decision on? Nothing, says Eric Palmer.
Defence analysts
Australia the losers in the Asian arms race
Australia is now in the midst of the most intensive regional arms race seen since the late Cold War, writes Defence analyst by Dr Carlo Kopp. And it’s now repeating exactly the same kind of defence planning blunders committed during the late 1930s. Meanwhile, Canberra appears blissfully unaware of the changes we are seeing in Asia.
