RAND Report: Australia's defence and supply routes

We lack defence preparedness: RAND Australia report*

Not only does Australia lag far behind other small nations in “total defence” mobilisation planning, but its ability to keep the nation functioning has been greatly limited by the nation’s diminished industrial capacity, dependence on vulnerable supply chains and unreliable trading partners.

Worse, Australia has been assessed as having “zero warning time” for a major disaster or conflict, meaning that the nation has very limited capability to plan for mobilising the nation’s popul…

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