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Good in principle, but China’s new military AI logistics are themselves targets
ASPI The Strategist Institutional·2026-07-09PLAP5: Strategic DecouplingP7: Alliance ArchitectureP8: Northern Arc
Why it matters
The article reveals material vulnerabilities in PLA operational sustainment under contested conditions, directly strengthening the strategic logic for Australian investment in cyber and EW capabilities as force multipliers against Chinese power projection. This finding supports Australian decoupling and alliance strategies by demonstrating that China's technological modernization contains exploitable weaknesses that smaller, networked allied forces can target.
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