COVER STORY: Defence: Time for a reality check*

Of late there has been much overblown rhetoric about Australia’s possible response to a range of defence contingencies.These have ranged from putting a non-existent armoured brigade into Iraq, to intervening with ground troops in various regional trouble spots. Fierce arguments have been mounted in support of particular responses and equally fierce arguments stated against them. It’s all academic.The reality is that Australia’s capacity to respond with real force to anything more than one major …

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