Totally agree.
Report in the Sydney Morning Herald recently was war likely within 3 years.
If you had 3 years to prepare I'd be not retiring anything (even the NH-90s!) and building up ammunition and spares!
Most other things are likely to be too late!
Was a comment that the US will be rotating its Nuclear subs in/out of Perth from 2027. Assuming to advise China "back off".
But the next 3 odd years, we are just sitting ducks.