Arm Every Aussie: A US Marine’s Survival Strategy to Stop China
For the past 25 years, it has been my distinct pleasure to live in Australia since retiring from the United States Marine Corps. It requires only a modicum of historical knowledge to understand that Australia’s clearly strategic location in the South Pacific poses an existential threat to the Chinese Communist Party.
TL;DR
- Australia's strategic South Pacific location poses an existential threat to the Chinese Communist Party.
- The Australian government, population, and Defense Force are seen as ill-prepared for a potential conflict with China.
- Recommendations include increased ADF funding, canceling agreements with China, and expanding international military training on Australian soil.
- The Australian population should be armed and organized into a civil-military organization (home guard).
- The Australian Defense Force (ADF) should merge its separate services (army, air force, navy) into a single service.
- The Australian navy requires a major shipbuilding program for naval gunfire support and amphibious warfare ships.
- Australia needs to improve logistics, transport, and a manufacturing base to sustain a conflict.
- Over-reliance on technology like mobile phones and GPS can be an Achilles' heel in wartime, with a need to plan for satellite loss and EMP weapons.
- Despite the need for preparedness, the author believes the Chinese people do not want war due to economic prosperity and historical losses.