Australia should developed capabilities to stop China in Indo-Pacific region

Canberra/Beijing – Former Australian National Security Advisor (NSA), John Lee claimed, ‘Australia neither has the technology nor the capabilities necessary for High-end warfare, like the United States and China. But Australia can emerge as an Asymmetric Power using undersea technology and drones.’ At this time, Lee also warned that a war could be sparked for control over Taiwan in the next 5 or 6 years and it will not be limited only to that sector. Meanwhile, it is becoming evident that Australia is adopting an aggressive stand against the Chinese hegemonic actions.

John Lee has served as the NSA for the Australian Foreign Minister. Currently, he is operating as an analyst at the Hudson Institute. He claimed that the security situation in Taiwan and North-Eastern Asia has become tense over the last few years. He pointed out that the Australian defence policy has cited tensions in the marine regions for the first time in history. While presenting this point, Lee predicted that the war would start on the Taiwan issue and indicated that Australia would be dragged into it. Taking cognisance of this fact, Australia has begun augmenting its defence capabilities, and the former NSA claimed that the AUKUS deal is a part of the same efforts. But developing and building submarines takes a long time. Lee pointed out that instead, undersea technologies and drones can be available faster. John Lee advised, ‘Thinking about a big war, Australia cannot match the might of the United States and China, but it can bust the Chinese plot by developing into an asymmetric power.’ Lee appealed. Therefore, Australian leadership should focus on acquiring drones and other technologies.

Meanwhile, the information regarding the Chinese activities near the Australian marine region has been revealed. A few months ago, has been exposed that China had sent its spy ship to the Australian marine region. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Defence Minister Peter Dutton had reprimanded China over the issue. Prime Minister Morrison had warned that sending the spy ship by China is an indicator of the grave situation in the Indo-Pacific and Australia will keep a close watch on such movements. Whereas, Defence Minister Dutton criticised that the Chinese statements and actions are not consistent with each other. It has been exposed that the Chinese spy ship sailed near the Darwin port, which hosts an Australian military base, the northern maritime border and the region near Sydney.