Australia Must Do More to Counter China’s Military Before It’s Too Late

For the first time since World War II, a major power is deploying military capabilities which could do us harm in our region of primary strategic concern.

Two important military developments recently should give China pause for thought. The first one is the announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison of a $1.1 billion upgrade to the Royal Australian Air Force base at Tindal, which is about 300 kilometres south of Darwin, to lengthen the runway so that US B-52 strategic bombers as well as our own KC-30 air-to-air refuelling aircraft can operate from there. Read More…