The army will come to look more like the US Marines, tasked with landing on beaches and capturing a foothold in hostile territory.
would paint the army as a “loser” following cuts by two-thirds to a fleet of new armoured troop carriers.US Marines conduct a simulated amphibious assault of exercise Talisman Sabre 19 in Bowen, Australia in 2019.What the review has signalled is a shift in the role for Australia’s soldiers. Instead of driving armoured vehicles around the deserts of the Middle East, soldiers will become more focused on carrying out amphibious operations.
guns frees up cash to pay for new landing craft for the army as well as the land-based HiMARS missile system. Essentially, it’s a substitution of capabilities. Of course, the potential adversary in the 21st century is China, and the review is candid, saying Beijing’s military build-up is “the largest and most ambitious” since the end of World War II, it threatens the global rules-based order, and it is engaged in strategic competition in Australia’s near neighbourhood.
Hence, the need for a “focused force” rather than one that tries to be all things to all people. It also talks of an “integrated force”, where the army, air force and navy conduct operations much more closely together, particularly in the littoral waters.The review is also savage about Australia’s procurement system, which quite simply is shambolic.
But the DSR process does leave some key questions unanswered. The troubled $45 billion future frigate had been rumoured to have a reduction in vessel numbers, with new missile-laden destroyers and corvettes to be ordered.
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