Report Finds One Nation's $400 Billion Defence Plan Was Modelled Off Red Alert 2

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One Nation's Defence Policy has come under fire this week, as it becomes clear that the far-right minor party has made very few fiscal considerations when it comes to balancing the budget.

Party insiders say that the cost blow-out is a result of leader Pauline Hanson's closest policy advisors spending too much time playing early-2000s war strategy games on PC.

This marks Hanson's first official policy that doesn't involve deporting permanent residents and defunding the public broadcaster.

However, as One Nation edges ahead in the mid-term opinions polls, the Treasury has felt the need to take their defence spending plan seriously - and have this week outlined the estimated cost.

One Nation's plan would cost taxpayers an estimated extra $400 billion over four years, which is far more than the entire cost of Scott Morrison's clunky AUKUS program which is already causing extreme budgetary stress for the government that have been left attempting to negotiate the delivery of seven submarines.

On top of the costs, the One Nation Defence Plan would also require major tax increases, massive budget cuts to other government things like processing passports and building dams - and would also rely on the introduction of mandatory 5-years conscription for all citizens

While Hanson is not known for spruiking any policies at all, this plan was outlined during a speech at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last November, and appeared to echo the demands made by her billionaire donor Gina Rinehart during last year’s election campaign.

Both economic, military and policy experts remained stunned at how Pauline Hanson could have landed at a figure of $400 billion, considering the fact that Australia is an island nation deep in the southern hemisphere surrounded by oceans and reefs.

However, closer inspection of the defence plan adds weight to the suggestion that One Nation's defence policy has been based on the costings outlined in the 2001 Microsoft Windows video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.

"I don't even know if Prism Towers and Psychic Amplifiers are real" said party whistleblower on the condition of anonymity.

"I also don't think we need 4000 attack dogs and 2000 Tesla Troopers guarding the Battle Labs in each base"