Oreshnik probably renders all western missile defence obsolete.
It means 'hazelnut', if you look at the flowers of the hazelnut tree you'll know why.
I'm sure China has the same types of weapons.

Let me explain to you all how stupid war is.
If China sends just 1 single drone into our airspace, which probably only costs them a small amount to manufacture, Australia's NASAMS will fire 2 AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles at at total cost of AUD $3,347,818.04

For every drone that needs to be shot down, you may as well just bulldoze 3 or 4 houses.

Hi AC,

Australia has just chipped in $3 billion with no guarantees, to try and help prop up the failing and inefficient American ship building industry. There is now no chance that the Americans will be able to deliver any of those old rust bucket second hand nuk subs Australia wants into the future, the Yanks will need them themselves as they can't build more than one new nuk sub per year. To supply Australia with second hand junk, the Yanks need to build at least two nuk subs per year.

Imagine, you want to buy a "new car" from Dodgy American Motors. You go down to look at their range, they've got nothing. The sales guy tells ya, how about you chip in $20k today, and that will help Dodgy American Motors to possibly build a new car in a years time, but it wont be for you, if ya lucky they might pension off some old rust buckets they have, and maybe sell on at a new car price to you. Hows that for a fabulous deal?

According to Strategic Analysis Australia we are in the incredible position where the current Government’s and Defence organisation’s plan to spend $765 billion in taxpayer dollars on our military over this next ten years will give us a weaker military than the force we have today, until sometime close to 2040.

Because of a worsening strategic outlook, we need to get stronger and more self-sufficient. At the moment we rely heavily on the US for armaments. Our own very small manufacturing is not up to the job.

The incoming government next year will need to:

. Have at least one type of armed drone produced in Australia
. Bring non-traditional manufacturers into defence production
. Manufacturer and stockpile ammunition. We already sell artillery shells overseas

For things that we can't do ourselves e.g B-21 Stealth bombers and more troops in our north, we have to rely on the US - we can't build aircraft, and we can't recruit soldiers, sailors or airmen of our own. Pathetic!

Most of all, we need to get over Albanese’s stupid idea that Communist China is a friend not the enemy that it is, and get back to making our own stuff, and trading with countries other than China.

Sixteen years ago, the Sydney Morning Herald published an article ‘Rip arm off Asia, says expert’.

The expert, Ross Babbage, at the time described as a ‘former defence official’ and adviser to Defence Minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, wrote that the ADF would need to “walk among the giants” - Indonesia, China and India - and some of the giants “may not be friendly”.

Measures could include “400 advanced combat aircraft, 30 submarines, missile defence and an ability to conduct cyber-attack”.

That obviously didn't go down well: Australia is no more capable of defending itself as it was back then.