SINGAPORE - Australia reignited on Sunday the regional debate over pre-emptive military strikes, warning it was prepared to carry out attacks on foreign soil against terrorist and nuclear threats.
Australian Defence Minister Robert Hill told the Asian Security Conference here that traditional doctrines of self defence were out of date.
"Cooperation and engagement should be attempted but, as I have said, will not always work," Hill told the gathering of defence ministers, military brass and strategists from the Asia-Pacific region.