Grumpy Strategist Marcus Hellyer talks with co-founder Peter Jennings in SAA’s secure bunker deep in the Brindabella ranges. They discuss the puzzle of the Canberra consensus that Australia is in a much more dangerous world, sitting alongside the fact that Australia’s government and its security agencies are then taking no useful steps to strengthen our security. Instead, Australia is stuck with a plan to create a small, perfectly formed Australian military – the Fantasy Force – sometime in the 2040s, to plug seamlessly into an American force structure – while not knowing if America now even wants such a thing…They set out practical ways Australia’s military can be strengthened over the next 1, 3 and 5 years.