Former major general Mick Ryan declares it would be 'extraordinarily difficult' for Australia to avoid going to war during Sky News Australia's documentary Are We Ready For War?
Australia would be looking at losses not seen since World War II if the United States were to go to war with China, a top army commander has warned. In a wide-ranging interview with Peter Stefanovic for the Sky News Australia documentary Are We Ready For War? former major general Mick Ryan said it would be"extraordinarily difficult" for Australia to avoid going to war as the US is a strategically vital ally.
Australia would be looking at losses not seen since World War II if the United States were to go to war with China, a top army commander has warned. Picture: Sky News Australia."We face a range of cyber, economic, informational, political, diplomatic and military challenges with the coercion of the Chinese communist party that are well beyond anything we’ve ever seen before.
“It doesn’t take long for a military organisation to lose readiness when it’s not able to practice what it does, so our readiness now would be less than what it was before COVID." "But that said, it is time to look at the very difficult strategic landscape that we face and make sure that we have a strategic posture which is fit for purpose for that.
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