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US Congress to Undermine US-Russia INF Treaty and Entire Existing Nuclear Arms Control Architecture
Russia’s alleged violations serve as a pretext for deploying shorter and intermediate range weapons to strike other countries, like North Korea.
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Modern Missiles Outflank the Tyranny of Distance
From time to time Australia has feared foreign invasion, whether by France, Russia, Japan or even (in the early 19th century) a rising US. The threat became real during World War II when the Asian order collapsed, bringing Japanese military forces to Australia’s front door.
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China menace triggers call for missile defence shield
In an article in The Australian today — which is co-written by Thomas Mahnken, a former defence strategist for George W. Bush’s administration and now chief executive of the US Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments — they argue that Australia needs to get over ideological “hang-ups” on missile defence capability.
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Is the Arctic The Next South China Sea? Not Likely
“Today, there are some competing claims, but…it’s an orderly process and no one is building islands, drilling in someone else’s potential EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone), or harassing each other’s vessels,” said Bryan Clark,
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Australia needs to plan for a missile defence shield to protect country from China and North Korea: security experts
A former defence strategist for George W. Bush’s administration and now chief executive of the US Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments joined Shearer’s call that Australia should be planning for a longer-term continental missile shield for Australia.
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Bleak Budget Forecast
For all the talk of the Trump military buildup, there is little prospect of the dream becoming reality anytime soon, according to a sobering analysis by Katherine Blakeley of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.