'Luxury' of strategic ten-year warning window has closed': Richard Marles

Описание: Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia “no longer has the luxury” of a ten-year window in “strategic warning time for conflict”.

His comments come as he delivered the National Defence Strategy and Integrated Investment Program at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

Mr Marles read out a statement from the National Defence Strategy which stated; “China has employed coercive tactics in pursuit of its strategic objectives including forceful handling of territorial disputes and unsafe intercepts of vessels and aircraft operating in international waters and airspace in accordance with international law”.

The Defence Minister explained how he had seen the “strategic environment deteriorate” over the last 12 months.

“Against this strategic backdrop, the National Defence Strategy emphasises the need for impactful projection that can enable a strategy of denial which in turn is capable of deterring a potential adversary.”