I didn't know there was anyone left from the 1930s Cessnapete. I'm sure that's the foresight that had us sending our airmen to their deaths in Wirraways up against Zeros.
I will take you all the way back to the late 90s, a little place called Timor that could have gone either way.
There is a little saying don't bring a knife to a gunfight, I'm not sure your argument will even count as the sheath.
But please if you have an argument for Australia not having a fast jet fleet, let's hear it.