Executive summary 2

Recommendations 3

The case for a more ambitious approach to power projection 3

China’s rising military power 4

‘Forward defence in depth’: a new era of warfare 5

Self-reliance means burden sharing with Washington, not dependency 7

The operational effects required for forward defence in depth 8

  Persistence through distributed sensing and targeting 8

  Survivable and sustained forward presence 8

  Resilience through command and communications 9

  Responsiveness through long-range joint effects 9

Strengthening the ADF’s ability to project power through regional

defence cooperation 10

Conclusion 12

Notes 12

Acronyms and abbreviations 13