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‘Muscle up’: Labor pledges Pacific defence school as experts urge boost in military might
Australia would establish a Pacific defence school to train its neighbours’ armed forces under a Labor government in a promise that intensifies the national security debate over China’s potential military expansion into the region.
Experts are warning that Australia needs to rapidly build up its defence capabilities in the same way Ukraine did after Russia’s 2014 invasion to be ready for any conflict and “muscle up” to provide an effective deterrence.
- Angus Thompson
- The Sydney Morning Herald
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been facing fierce criticism from Labor after Solomon Islands signed a security pact with China that could allow a Chinese military base to be built in the Pacific nation.
Labor has escalated…