Last week, Australia announced a new and radical defense strategy emphasizing the significance of increasing its long-range strike capacity. This move is a major shakeup in the country’s military preparedness and an effort to reposition itself against China while strengthening its alliance with the US. Mark Watson, the director of the Australia Strategic Policy Institute in Washington, DC, joins The World’s Marco Werman to discuss why Australia made the sudden shift after decades of unchanged military tactics.
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