The video is part of the at least $40 million ad campaign that Clive Palmer has pledged for the final five weeks of the federal election campaign.

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Due to high iron ore prices, during the election campaign, Clive Palmer will likely earn money from the Chinese-owned mine faster than he can spend it on the UAP campaign that frequently demonizes China.

The video quotes retired RAAF Squadron Leader Martin Brewster – without mentioning that he is a candidate for the UAP Senate in Queensland – saying that “Australia could not push back military aircraft if they were landing from offshore aircraft carriers.” No reason is given as to why Sino Iron Airport would withstand an invasion better than many other similar runways in the Pilbara.

Phil Collins, a former RAN commander, said in the video that the Sino Iron-built Port of Cape Preston was a deep-sea port with “the necessary facilities to support and support large-scale naval operations in the ocean. Indian “.

However, far from being a facility that can accommodate large vessels, Cape Preston is WA’s only iron ore export port that cannot accommodate bulk carriers. Instead, smaller vessels shuttle between the port and carriers moored in deeper waters further offshore.

Sino Iron and Mineralogy have been waging many long and costly legal battles for a decade.

Following an April hearing in the WA Supreme Court between the two companies, a UAP press release said “the Chinese government is unlawfully seeking control of Australian lands in the Pilbara region”, without explain why it was illegal to take a dispute to court.

The statement also called on Defense Minister Peter Dutton to have the Sino Iron site inspected “in the interest of national security” because “we have received complaints from workers at the site that covert activities are in class “.

The UAP did not respond to questions.