‘Impactful projection’: a porcupine with very long quills

Summary

This article by Marcus Hellyer, writing for ASPI, makes the following points:

• Marles initially defined the term this way (paraphrased): ‘an ability to hold an adversary at risk, much further from our shores, across the full spectrum of proportionate response.’
• The term might be novel, but there is an underlying message—greater combat power, force-projection capabilities and autonomous strike capabilities.

References

References from the Web:

• NOV 2022 Military needs firepower to keep enemies far from mainland: Marles—AFR
• NOV 2022 Richard Marles declares Australia must have capability to ‘deter military threats’ on its own as he flags further investment in submarines and long-range missiles—Sky News  

Source Information:

• Article Source: ASPI
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