Why is the ADF ‘not fit’ to deter China?
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The Government's Strategy for Reshaping Our Defence Force
The government is finding $7.8 billion in savings that are going to other resources, particularly naval resources and missiles. The whole idea is if we're bigger and scarier than any country that might have designs on a military advance will think twice about it. There's concern from some analysts that the document that we saw didn't actually stipulate how much money would be devoted to this kind of exercise. They're probably a little bit reluctant because of the politics around defence spending at a time of economic struggle for the country.
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