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Goodbye, just-in-time. Australia must prepare for contested logistics
ASPI The Strategist Institutional·2026-06-09AUS DefenceP3: Industrial BaseP5: Strategic DecouplingP6: Defence SurgeP7: Alliance Architecture
Why it matters
The article identifies contested logistics as a critical future battlespace in the Indo-Pacific, directly bearing on Australia's ability to sustain operations and supply the northern arc during potential kinetic conflict or great-power competition. It signals policy recognition that just-in-time supply chains are strategically vulnerable and that Industrial Base resilience and regional supply-chain decoupling require urgent attention.
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