> But the purpose of the Tech Tracker is not to assess the current state of play but to improve global understanding of countries’ strategic intent and potential future science and technology capability.<p>So it's bogus. The point of this is not "how good are they today?" but "how good does our think tank think they will be in the future?" which is far more biased than it sounds. Given that this is issuing from Austrailia, who, with all due respect, has a huge investment in convincing America to get off it's ass concerning Indo-Pacific security, I'd take this with a grain of salt.