Strategic Analysis Australia Director Michael Shoebridge says the Australian military has been almost “completely dependent” on US satellites and space systems.
It follows revelations Labor plans to axe a $7 billion military-grade space satellite communications system.
Mr Shoebridge told Sky News host Peta Credlin that it has been a “yawning hole” in Australia’s capability.
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what else would you expect when you have a labour communist party in power ???
We need to get rid of this dependency, since China fast becoming number 1 in the world
WTF Oz?
I don't see the problem with Australia relying on US satellites, We control half of them from the center of our country.
Typical stupid Australian government
Seriously, anything to do with ANY ISSUE when it comes to the Labor Party > I say to Labor voters to wake up.
Australia seems to be a country at this point where we are being exploited by everyone and there is always someone willing to sell off the parts for personal gain. I'm not sure we actually have a country anymore.
Americas allie Israel receives $3.8billion per year for military.
Why don't we get any?
How much dribble, you just have no idea at all. Just wait until the aliens get here😂
LOL what happen's if a Real West Alian walk's in. Burn's le top lefthand corner ov le flag. Then pain't all yaw Sub's white. With Void Field silent Hydrogen drive's , Sum re-entree guidance controll flapp's. Then Fly's them to mar's in Half an Hr with A NASA sticker on le side. Instead ov Collin's Class.
These people are going to supplement nuclear powered subs and help design and build others. I hardly think relying on them for satellite support is a big issue.
Australia doesnt even know what the americans do in pine gap.
Mr Shoebridge wrote the pagerexplotions were a cheap economic defence tactics carried out in civilian aereas.
It was a terrorist attack some of the pagers exploded into childrens faces also.
'Completely dependent' is because un-elected globalists control our broken and corrupt political and bureaucratically rigged system. Bring back the "Government of the Commonwealth of Australia", put the AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT on notice. As a corporation, it masquerades as government, having no more lawful authority than a McDonald's employee; apologies to Ronald.
We have no real industry just mining and real estate so are totally dependent on our allies. Wars will be won by mass production even more so now in the age of drones and ai. Hope we we never have to learn that lesson the hard way.
If people were serious Australia should scrap the military and save the $50Bn a year. The ADF cant protect the country anyway and the money is all corporate welfare for defence bureaucrats and US military contractors. Dont believe me; Australia couldnt scrounge ONE ship to go to the Red Sea a few months back. Our army wouldnt last a week in conditions like in Ukraine, nor would the air force. A token Russian force defended Iran recently from the very best Israel and the US had. Spend the money on better things.
Crazy 🤪 🤯
Government bull shit as usual 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
ALP are traitors to Australia.
Almost dependent on US spies since the Fall of our Empire in 1945! Please Australia's natural assets and indebted nation status has been liquidated on Wall Street by the same Deep State that has corrupted DC. We should be richest and smartest Nation status instead we are becoming a 3rd world Banana Republic.
150 million lol. Albo couldn't commission a pigeon with a gopro for that.
We need. Compulsory reserve training again.
You know what NZ flies rockets into space and we aren't even allowed. Anyone ever heard of Rocket lab? Peter Beck CEO of Rocket lab are giving Space X a real run for their money from NZ Pop. only 4-5 million maybe 6 at most. But in the meantime we here in Straya are being spoon fed baby food by the all increasing nannies because they want us to be kept safe…..Safe!!!…safe my foot has our govt ever seen how unsafe it is around the world at the moment? Not to mention how unsafe it is getting here in Straya. No thanks to the govt allowing the Allen Snack bars in our country unffeted unchecked. In all seriousness Straya needs a small but defensible space program too give us the ability to launch our own spy satellites into space to check on who is spying on us.
Where did all the money goes?
Woke has infiltrated the ADF. Nothing to do with Labor or Liberal. Its all the same two-faced coin. There are only two genders, Jesus Christ is King, and you are all degenerates.
Designed the yanks and Jews own us well done to our politicians over the last 40 years.
Weak, woke and disgraceful. Strong Defence is needed.
Ummm hate to tell you but thats not the worst of it…we have about 750 men able to be deployed in under 24 hrs…we have about 200 available in 3 hours. THATS IT …
But hey…its okay …we have already been taken over…
Investing $7B might only scratch the surface of a space program (not even nearing space, haha), but allocating that amount to enhance security could be a much wiser decision, imo.
To quote Trump – Peta is a radical war hawk but she wouldn't be if guns…..you know the rest…. war monger like Peta are good at sitting behind a desk whinging and whining….
As demonstrated by Ukraine this is a grave mistake as USA has become untrustworthy!
Christ help us, because Labor won't.
Labor has never understood the need for any kind of military, unfortunately, the coalition sees the need but has always had a problem with spending the necessary money, hence our military today.
There are 3 geostationary satellites that watch our backyard. We are very blessed by our US friends.
130 would be plenty to get the ball rolling but you need to do joint ventures then which is not an ideal in the case of military. I want to state publicly Lockheed Martin is a fine company. Do not let the blame rest with them as is generally the case with this kind of thing. I am very honest when I Lockheed is an exemplary company. They go above and beyond. Extremely capable people at Lockheed. I don't aim to compete with Lockheed Martin and I was under know obligation. As people can tell now. I do know my shet.
Unskilled politicians for Australians….very skilled with CCP satellites
and tracked electric cars.
America should suspend military cooperation with Australia until they get one of their own.
Albo gave PNG $600 million for a football team & $130 million on the road to his driveway.
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