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Friday, April 03, 2009

Hi-tech power to shake up defence

Kevin RuddKevin Rudd understands that China's massive and sophisticated cyber assault capabilities have long-term implications for Australia's defence.

It's not just Beijing's global quest for business and economic intelligence and continuing appetite for gleaning high-technology secrets from the US and its close allies.

China is looking at cyber capabilities in a strategic way, which in the event of a military conflict could help to neutralise the conventional military superiority long held by the US in the western Pacific.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete8/4/09 09:41

    By 2020 Aussies will be living in "interesting times". Hence Rudd is hedging both ways between the US and China which he is also well familiar.

    "12 new submarines... and 100 F-35 joint strike fighters.." seems way beyond Australia's recession budget.

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