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Missile defence for Australia? Expensive and probably not wise

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Fruehling, Stephan

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Following the most recent tests by North Korea of a missile that might be able to hit Alaska, the prospect of a direct threat to Australia from the Kim regime is exciting the Australian defence debate. Over the weekend, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull weighed in in the issue. And yet, in a debate based on analysis-by-soundbite, a range of basic factors - the significance of the threat; the systems that might be useful to defend Australia; indeed, what...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorFruehling, Stephan
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-10T00:36:58Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/243307
dc.description.abstractFollowing the most recent tests by North Korea of a missile that might be able to hit Alaska, the prospect of a direct threat to Australia from the Kim regime is exciting the Australian defence debate. Over the weekend, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull weighed in in the issue. And yet, in a debate based on analysis-by-soundbite, a range of basic factors - the significance of the threat; the systems that might be useful to defend Australia; indeed, what ‘missile defence’ actually is - risk being very much confused.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherThe Lowy Institute
dc.rights© 2017 The Interpreter
dc.sourceThe Interpreter
dc.source.urihttps://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/missile-defence-australia-expensive-and-probably-not-wise
dc.titleMissile defence for Australia? Expensive and probably not wise
dc.typeNewspaper/magazine article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
dc.date.issued2017-07-11
local.identifier.absfor160604 - Defence Studies
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9709953xPUB63
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationFruehling, Stephan, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue11 July 2017
local.identifier.absseo940301 - Defence and Security Policy
dc.date.updated2020-11-23T10:49:58Z
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationCanberra, Australia.
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access via publisher website
CollectionsANU Research Publications

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