Current Event Analysis: Australia and MoananuiākeaAustralia will spend $186 million this decade on its military to prepare for a post-Corona world that will be poorer and more dangerous. They want to be prepared for an aggressive china and a less reliable US partner. They will use this money to get things like better naval and air forces, ammunition, and fuel storage. They have already spent $800 million on a AGM-158C long-range anti-ship missile from the US Navy. They want to be ready for the Chinese military off of Australia’s coast.
My initial reaction to this article is that I was quite surprised but it was very understandable. Australia is preparing for a more dangerous world which is true especially with things like the economy at stake due to the whole ongoing situation regarding the Coronavirus. This article can affect the US and even Hawai’i because Australia is only 5,652 miles away from Hawai’i and this can be alarming for us. If they are preparing and getting all of these new military things we should be preparing as well. Westcott, B. (2020, July 01). Australia announces $186 billion in defense spending amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific. Retrieved July 04, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/australia/australia-china-defense-spending-morrison-intl-hnk/index.html
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