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Chinese threats, weaker US alliance spur Australian military overhaul

Australian soldiers on duty at Sydney International Airport during the Covid-19 lockdown. Canberra has today released plans to radically upgrade its military capabilities. – EPA pic, July 1, 2020.

AUSTRALIA has unveiled plans to dramatically tool-up its military as threats from China mount, but some see collapsing trust in the United States alliance as an underlying motivation. On paper, Australia’s landmark defence review released today was all about a middle-ranking military power looking north at an increasingly belligerent emerging superpower and deciding it was time to get some of the world’s most high-tech weapons.

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