Let’s Talk Missiles

We need to talk about missiles ⬇️

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) ran a series of war games based on a major conflict between China and the US. These revealed that the US would likely run out of precision guided missiles in less than a week in a Taiwan Strait conflict. We hear that military war games have rendered similar results.

Report Launch―The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan | CSIS Events

Please join the CSIS International Security Program for the launch of a new report that features findings from 24 iterations of a CSIS-designed wargame modeling a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan.

For a long read for your weekend we’d recommend the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney report ‘Aiming Higher: Accelerating US-Australia cooperation on precision-guided weapons’ ⬇️

“Modern high-intensity wars increasingly involve long-range conventional missile duels, with great volumes of strike weapons trying to get past surface-to-air missiles designed to intercept them. The global demand for precision-guided weapons (PGMs) continues to climb, while existing stockpiles dwindle and defence production atrophies”

That sounds like an opportunity for Australian Industry to do more than just sub-contract to a Prime to us. We need true sovereign manufacturing of missiles and other munitions – the consumables of combat. Australia needs to be able to add to the supply of munitions with end to end on shore manufacturing for Australia and our allies.

Anti-shipping, Air and Missile Defence, Air launched, Ground launched and Sea launched. The Arsenal of Democracy will need it all to deter and defend the rules based global order!

Aiming higher: Accelerating US-Australia cooperation on precision-guided weapons

Modern high-intensity wars increasingly involve long-range conventional missile duels, with great volumes of strike weapons trying to get past surface-to-air missiles designed to intercept them. The global demand for precision-guided weapons (PGMs) continues to climb, while existing stockpiles dwindle and defence production atrophies.

📷 via United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney