For a Government that is now acknowledging less than 10 years warning, they aren't actually signing many contracts. Announcements are great, but what is actually contracted?

All that long range stuff is good. But useless without adaquate infantry,armour and artillery to keep them safe.

The government must turn it's northern islands such as Cocos island, Christmas island, Melville and even Hammond, Horn and Thursday islands into long range missile/radar, air bases if it is going to take Australia's defence seriously!

"overcome the plodding procurement process" yeah good fkn luck with that

Australia needs it’s own military industrial manufacturing capabilities. If we have very long to long range weapons systems, shouldn’t that mean we can use less expensive lower tech “ bomb trucks / aircraft “ delivery vehicles . that can stay loitering out of harms way & from many different angles of attack. Using our more capable assets to spot , identifying & track targets? Surely that’s one way to put more ordnance down range for less cost . We also need a cheaper decoy missile that mimics the real missiles to soak up the enemies anti air defence weapons???.

Taiwan is independent of China, as are Tibet, East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia and Manchuria

Very smart weapons for everyone in Australia very good future projects

We need an anti missile "iron coast"

Need to talk about space capabilities too. Satellite defence and attack is very important because so many other systems piggy back off it, and rely on it.

sounds good

Very good strong attack longer range hypasonic stealthy defence's

Australia must have long-range strike weapons. This is a must for the defence of a large country like Australia. Drones and missiles are the weapons needed for the modern battlefield. Australia must be able to design and manufacture these never weapons.

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Yeah mate new gun hopefully not make fuzzy to other people anymore...

Oh yeah lets buy more stuff and get it delivered in 50 years. Lets not look at more affordable and just as effective measures. When the massive Chinese Pearl Harbour event happens which is matter of time not if or how we still wont have many of those systems.

work on sovereign capability & how long we could sustain military action .. we're way too reliant on others. Design & build nxt-gen conventionally-powered Collins, suddenly u'll generate well-paid local jobs & restore manufacturing capability, arm them 2 the teeth & with vertical missile launchers providing the long reach u think only nuclear will deliver. We'll then b able 2 park anywhere in our region, build stronger regional partnerships, save money 4 the domestic agenda & create strategic options. Won't even b able 2 park in NZ, our closest 5-eye partner in the region. We've placed ourselves in a zero-sum dilemma. Sacrificing Army way too risky on an assumption.

And when our invasive enemy gets through those defences, they'll have bugger all army deterrent to stop them.

How is the Ghost Bat a "loyal wingman" if it's so slow, only 296km/h? Hard to see the case for relying on an unmanned air capability if they're this slow.

whilst most of the spoken commentary is great, and mostly accurate, nearly ALL of the visual graphics are incorrect.

shoot n scoot

I reckon East Timor, PNG and Pacific nations should be integrated more with ADF, Hard cover bases, protected ports built too! Australian Foreign Legion? National Guards? Triple border force for a start! Can’t even keep Indo fisherman out let alone Chinese Special Forces!

Australia 🇦🇺 literally bought the best american weapons they want to show china not to f with them

The overriding theme to this new procurement seems to be broadly anti-access area, denial. This is clearly and at current tensions with China and visiting conflict around Taiwan. The real question in this, is anti-access to what? They’re broadly one of two scenarios Australia’s involvement in any conflict with China over Taiwan. Firstly, Australia is involved in directly with the flying forces on and around Taiwan. In which case such anti-access area, denial hardware is relevant. The second scenario however has Australia playing and assisting role where the US applies to Australia and uses our territory as a staging ground. In this instance, the most likely response from China would be direct attack on Australian territory using long-range missiles. While we have affective anti-missile defences on enable frigates, we currently have extremely limited capability on land to defend ourselves from such attacks by China. It is foreseeable that China may use as limited number of non-nuclear ballistic missiles targeting our capital cities, and other significant infrastructure. For this scenario, Australian age the most advanced anti-missile defences. Patriot, batteries, and Iris T type missile systems.

Lots of contracts signed by the previous government, what contracts has labour signed? Delayed and reduced Land 400, have the done anything else?

@1:51 - the off camera talking head is very off-putting! Like the viewer is of no significance, but the clapper loader is the one to be addressed!

spend spend spend, America needs our money

HIIMARS, I do remember a lot of projects where they pay millions for the product, but not the missiles that needs to be affixed to that product. Example was an anti ship sea station helicopter, where purchases the anti ship missiles were no longer feasible, so the whole air frame got binned. More F22s and F35s, with a multitude of missiles and means to defend our shores from China or Indonesia etc. our strategic minds need to think for the now and not the future. I do agree that our country is isolated, but the air and sea capabilities are still lacking. Think Austral/Asia, the islands to our north and making a better alliance with New Zealand eg. The Marines based in Darwin, that can only do so much, but basing strategic assets here would be a massive advantage. I’m not talking about bombers, early warning radar and SAM sites to shoot down ICBMs. Better ISR even though we’ve got our indigenous units to the north, but is the threat going to come from the north?

Australian gun culture needs to change as well, we should have firearm holders not be demonised for having a hobby. And we need to have a look at our self defense laws.

PR SPIN

Yes & it’s the Australian public that will fund it, not Parliamentary personnel

A huge change for the Army eh? What like giving them a proper Air Defence capability…….modern armoured transportation in relevant numbers……… Our military needs to stop following the mainstream media and traditional western allies rhetoric and propaganda. Spend more time and effort building relationships with our neighbours like we should be and not get dragged into trouble that isn’t relevant or real!

One of those reviews done by EY, Deloitte, PWC or KPMG was it. I think the bigger story HERE is to show an itemised list of how the money was spent on the review...

No offence but this has a certain north korean vibe. It just rubs the wrong way somehow. It is good the military is get appropriate equipment but boasting it about umm. Also proabbly not so brilliant to tell any potential enemies all your capabilities because they can easily develop counter measures.