Defence Minister Peter Dutton says those that consider Russia and China’s ambitions are restricted to Ukraine and Taiwan “don’t perceive historical past”.
“Whenever you take a look at what’s taking place in Europe in the mean time, individuals who consider that President Putin’s solely ambition is for the Ukraine don’t perceive the historical past that our navy leaders perceive,” Mr Dutton stated.
“If folks suppose that the ambitions throughout the Indo-Pacific are restricted simply to Taiwan and there gained’t be knock-on impacts, if we don’t present a deterrent impact and work intently with our colleagues and with our allies, then they don’t perceive the teachings of historical past.
“And so it’ll be essential to complement notably in house, in cyber, in our naval property, our underwater functionality, our autonomous automobiles each on the land and below the ocean.
“That gives a deterrence and makes us a extra credible accomplice with the UK and with america and with NATO, with Japan, with India and lots of different companions within the south-west Pacific, and if we’re to depend on them, they should depend on us.”
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Sure we do you politicians always say we are the best in the world at everything we can't soaw like Eagles when we have turkeys running the show. And soon there we will be lots of defence jobs advertised on tv because politicians haven't spent enough on defence for decades because we rely on the usa to much and with biden pretending to run the show we are in trouble
suck a big swollen cox sky news,cvnts keep deleting every comment
Unbelievable that they are now saying this given events over the last few years and the plethora of think tanks and strategic groups that we now seem to have and what was rather obvious ~ 20 years ago.
No coincidence that this is announced in the lead up to an election. The ADF are putting up recruiting posters in maternity hospitals to crew our submarines.
Like charity, doesn't self defence begin at home? Extreme flooding, intense bushfires, cyclones (as a result of man made climate change) are going to be more frequent and destructive over the coming decades. What is the government doing there? Money for defence (as in armaments and building up your military) is fine but don't ignore what's happening NOW on your own land.
OMG!!! … A concerning situation with the food and first aid sent by China to Ukraine! What if China is sending another type of viruses to add harm to the people of Ukraine. Those ''items'' shouldn't be consumed, eaten, but disposed of! God, the soldiers, the people, and the children of Ukraine need your help!
He is war monger
There should be a compulsory 2 year service once you are 18 in the ADF
377th
Da Libs last chance was to oust Scotty and install Dutton before Christmas.
Had they jettisoned Scotty who is clearly and justifiably on the nose then, there was a 60-70% chance they would have won come May.
But they have no chance.
Australia starting Proxy wars in Ukraine by arming the civilians. Such decisions will haunt Australia in the future. Putin considers it an act of war.
Lets pay even more tax, yeah. We can take on China, easy 🥳
"Russia and China's ambitions go beyond Ukraine and Taiwan!!!" TRUE! NOW,… WHAT IS THE WEST GOING TO DO! WAKE UP!!!
PUTIN WILL RULE THE WORLD IF NOT STOPPED!
It's very easy to undermine and attack societies mired in self-doubt and self-loathing
All while the west is too busy pushing the gender confusion agenda!
How many children's throat are you going to slit this time?
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how many of our partners are worried sick you will do to them what you did to France? … $2 billion thrown down the tubes is Hardley good economic management… this LNP would have to be the most Incompetent pack of dead beat MORONs since the LNP was formed….
Why the F does China still have control of the port in Darwin.
Communist,need eradicated,plain and simple before they spread
no more cuddleling with communist countries and dictators.
Slava Ukraini and kick out everyone taking CCP money! The world had enough! we now resist by any means
Taiwanese people donated a lot of goods and over NTD 500 million to help Ukrainian. God bless Ukrainian
A love ❤️ from #Taiwan 🇹🇼 #臺灣 👬
Thought he was the guy from the blacklist 🤣🤣
"Red?, that's you???…"
Honestly, what can Australia do to deter China? Seriously?
asio boss called this guy a danger to national security, he's a traitor for endangering this country needlessly. He belongs in prison.
Dutton is a very attractive man
Russia is going nowhere fast. This is the last convulsion of a dying petro-state. China has plans to rule all of Eurasia (BRI). Russia needs China, China doesn't need Russia. Xi is a strategist, Putin is a tactician. Putin is being played. He's a low value asset.
Amen. God empower America.
God will fight Russia, China, Iran, Syria.
Is there any difference between Putin & the British slaughter of innocent aborigines here in Australia
In the middle of a ‘Moronisson mistake’……. will Aus leap into a ‘dutton disaster’
Talk is cheap Dutton where is your proof same old record playing again the liberal party must be getting desperate for votes
Australia's military is far too small to achieve the task required of it as it is vastly dwarfed in terms of numbers of personnel and equipment by all of its neighbours. This is the result of decades of underfunding and neglect by its politicians who prefer to focus on quality of lifestyle type issues at the expense of fundamental matters of existence. Enabling this strategic apathy and negligence is the misguided belief that US military power is nearly unlimited and globally dominant and that it would automatically come to the defence of Australia should any of her neighbours attack her.
The US is not obligated under the ANZUS Alliance to send troops or equipment to our aid in the event of an attack upon us. They are only obligated to engage in talks with us and nothing more.
As we have all seen, the US did not assist Ukraine when it was invaded because it is not under any binding treaty-based obligation to do so. Even though failure to render assistance to Ukraine has resulted in Russian forces now sitting on the borders of NATO countries with whom the US does have a treaty backed obligation to come to their defence in the event they are attacked. The Americans have chosen to delay the problem rather than deal with it, a clear indication of where their interests lie. It would not be surprising to see the US attempt to withdraw from NATO in the coming months or years.
We should not expect the US to do anything other than talk with us should we come under attack by a foreign power. Even if they did want to assist us they do not have the shipping capacity needed to move their forces and equipment here. The US President is not able to use the Defence Production Act to commandeer an international shipping line as all the big shipping lines are foreign owned.
If Ukraine were a nuclear-armed state Russia would not have been able to invade it. Look at how the small nation of North Korea, with a population of 25 million, laughed off the US, a nation of more than 320 million, under President Trump, despite his threats of raining "fire and fury" down upon them. Now contrast that with what has been happening in Ukraine, a nation of 44 million, being crushed out of existence by Russia, a nation of 147 million and nuclear armed.
However, what is clear is that no one would risk attacking us if we were nuclear-armed. Better to prevent war than to try to prosecute one inflicted upon us. The way to maintain peace between nations is by the possession of nuclear weapons because these weapons rule out the possibility of war altogether.