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Australians do not benefit from a war with China
12 May 2021, 16:52 GMT+10
Recent rhetoric on war is more about supporting the highly lucrative defence industry as it is about countering the rise of China, writes Dr Rashad Seedeen.
The COALITION GOVERNMENT is increasingly acting like its loud-mouthed, redneck cousin in the U.S.; full of bluster with little follow-through.
It all began when Secretary of Home Affairs, Mike Pezzullo, informed his staff in an ANZAC Day speech that once again the drums of war were beating. Newly minted Defence Minister but always thin-skinned, Peter Dutton, affirmed such sentiment, openly musing that the prospect of war with China over Taiwan should not be discounted .
Soldiers allegedly left without $1.6bn battle computer The nation’s largest joint military exercise could operate the “old fashioned way” following allegations a defence computer system had been compromised.
News by Jodie Munro O’Brien 12th May 2021 3:47 PM
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Subscriber only The Australian military might have to return to analogue ways during Talisman Sabre 2021 - their biggest biennial joint military exercise - in July after an alleged security breach was found in the $1.6 billion Israeli-made computer system they use. But Elbit Systems of Australia Managing Director, Paul McLachlan, denies the battle management system (BMS) technology had been compromised. Elbit Systems of Australia strongly refutes the security rumours, he said in a written statement.