fourth option to kill myself rather than be conscripted.
Yuyutsu,
What about 5th option, serve in Civilian Service for 18 months ? Or would you just be content with others defending the land you reside on ?

"When all the high tech equipment is used up, the soldier with rifle, or whatever other small arms, does the final fighting"

Now let me get this straight.

After China arrives on Australian shores (having gone through Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, The Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and PNG and having presumably seen off the US Pacific fleet) and after we shot off all our high tech 'stuff', then.....kids who've spent 6 months learning to march are gunna save our freedom. Sheesh.

Seriously. The fact is that we need to fear Chinese militarism, not because they might occupy the MCG but because a Chinese victory in the final contest with the West would fundamental change the rules by which the world operates and almost all those changes would be detrimental to Australia's economic well-being and liberties. That is why we need to support the western efforts to contain Chinese expansionism, not because of some hair-brained notion that they'll physically invade.

It may be that, in a generation or three, we might need to worry about Indonesian incursions. But even then the contest would be about technology not raw numbers.

The world has moved on from the wars of the mid-20th century. Perhaps you should too.

mhaze,
Glad you brought up “South Irian” I’d forgotten about it.
All wars come down to the ‘poor bloody infantry’ finishing off the job. Just as it will in the current conflicts and future ones.
Your conceptions of training are about on a par with your other attempts at humour.

China doesn't need to invade; they have missiles that can hit Hobart from China.

ttbn,
Then learn Chinese

Is Mise

Why? You reckon we'll survive the missiles?