A2/AD: A Strategy for the Defence of Australia in the 21st Century

Published: May 12, 2024, 9:18 a.m.

Australia is entering a new and dangerous strategic epoch. For the first time in 70 years the nation faces the possibility of large-scale, general regional conflict in the Indo-Pacific. A great naval power has risen in East Asia, a revisionist power that seeks to challenge the US led order upon which Australia's security and prosperity has been based. Worse, that power will very soon have the ability to penetrate Australia\u2019s maritime defences, at least as they stood in the late 2000s. The last time Australia\u2019s strategic environment had a similar character the nation faced a war of national survival. But how can Australia hope to avoid the worst possible outcomes in this most dangerous decade? This video outlines a plausible path Canberra can take; Anti Access/Area Denial. Ironically enough pioneered by the PLA, at least in its modern incarnation, A2/AD offers Australia the possibility of offsetting Beijing\u2019s naval superiority by leveraging pervasive sensor networks and long range maritime strike systems to deny vast areas of maritime geography to enemy naval forces. \n\n0:00 Australia\u2019s Grand Strategy and the Defence of Australia\n25:25 The Sino-American War and Australia\u2019s Role In It\n52:33 Anti Access/Area Denial: A Lesson from Beijing\n1:08:35 Long Range M...\n\n===\nOriginal video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&si=U__oCCd_SStlZCXy&v=qsEJrxKh0k0&feature=youtu.be\nDownloaded by http://huffduff-video.snarfed.org/ on Sun May 12 09:14:08 2024\nAvailable for 30 days after download