The Australian Defence Force needs to be ‘armed to the teeth’

Bondi Partners Senior Advisor and retired Major General Fergus McLachlan says Australia needs a “more mobile army”.

Defence Minister Richard Marles launched a new National Defence Strategy, which has an investment of an extra $50.3 billion over the next decade.

Extra funds will be allocated to longer-range strikes and targeting, including in precision missiles and guided rocket-launch systems.

The Defence Minister said the army must become more “amphibious” and mobile to contribute to the security of the region.

Mr McLachlan told Sky News Australia that the ADF needs to be “armed to the teeth”.

[d-munn]

The Australian Diplomatic Corps needs to be armed with 'competence'. The 'Defence' Force should be provided with every tool needed to 'defend' AU's border. Not to be the next 'proxy'.

[W_Desert_life]

If your citizens were armed this wouldn't be nearly so much an issue now, would it ?

[hgfku-tnhb]

The reason why our leaders prefer war is this "they don't go to the battlefield themselves and experience the pain of war"

[MrJperk]

It's hard to coerce an armed society.

[InternetArbiter]

"Guns for me, not for thee!"

[wyatthurts]

The defence force will be offence force with pronouns sewn on rainbow, not camo uniforms

[David-dkk]

With electric tanks and armoured cars.

[davidpearn]

Australia comunity was once armed up thats why the Japanese were reluctant to attack Australia but we all know now that this country is nueted and we would be lucky to survive any attack it's a joke

[maxrockatanksyOG]

A) Every school leaver needs to do minimum 2 years ADF service.

B) We need to stop financial aid to countries that dont really like us (lile Indonesia).

C) Australians need at least a Castle Doctrine/ Stand Your Ground style of self-defense, maybe with the possibility of CCW/ OCW and Pepper Spray.

D) Sadly; our country is too arse backwards for any of that to happen

[adamedward]

The Australian people should have the right to defend themselves

[PJ-pjlr]

Aussy, "should we buy this or buy that ?" Singapore "We are building everything, dont mess with us "

[vernonwhite]

Everything seems to be a decade away
Nothing new here Labour 😊will be out next year

[grahamjohnbarr]

Most of the equiptment the Australian Military is equipt with is 20 years out of date or refurbished 2nd. hand. So it has ever been.

[Tbliss]

Our defence force are just glorified SES workers, I know a lot who have left our defence as the whole time they were in the defence, , years and years of cyclone clean ups and natural disasters, , no training ..

[nevermind]

When a defence force gets to top heavy it tips over.

[yvettemoore]

Definitely...we gotta be kept in line😂😂

[anthonybringolf]

How stupid are the governments in Australia. They are going out and buying all of this great equipment for the Army, Navy, and Airforce.
But they forget one major defining point, you have to have personnel to operate them.
The Defence Force Personnel are the least paid members of the Australian workforce, yet they hold the same qualification like all the trades.
The only trade the is not in the Australian workforce is the Arms Corps.
A basic soldier in the defence force is paid dollars just above the dole.

[TheeeeLastToFall]

As an American I get the feeling our ally countries don't feel like America will have their back with FJB in office.

[robertadams]

To little to late.aus should have been gradually building up 30 years ago.

[rickmarek]

It’s all about paying US weapons manufacturers