Dramatic changes in store for ADF after Defence Strategic Review is released
Land 400 Phase 3, an effort to obtain new IFVs for the Australian Army, has come a cropper under the Defence Strategic Review. (Photo: ADF)
There are no major surprises in the Defence Strategic Review, but it presages a major change of direction for Australia's military and approach to defence.
On 24 April, a day before ANZAC Day, the Australian government released a public version of its long-awaited Defence Strategic Review.
The 110-page document marks a sea change in Australia’s view of its regional security environment and recommends major alterations in direction for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). It is being described as the furthest-reaching overhaul in Australian defence since WWII.
It stated the ADF must possess the capacity to: defend the country and immediate region; deter through denial any hostile attempt to project power through Australia’s northern approaches; protect regional and global economic connections; contribute to the collective security
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