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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Australia must be prepared to, "launch combat operations
from its own soil." (David)
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Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2025 12:59:22 +1000
From: David <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] Australia must be prepared to, "launch combat
operations from its own soil."
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On Saturday, 7 June 2025 09:17:06 AEST Tom Worthington wrote:
> Australia could spend better, rather than more on defence. For example,
> cancel nuclear powered submarines and order tens of thousands more smart sea
> mines, hundreds of conventionally powered robot submarines and perhaps a few
> crewed ones.
I have no specific defence background, but speaking as a voter, I've not seen
any remotely convincing justification of the AUKUS project. This is
particularly so when considering the capricious decisions being being made
daily by the current US Administration, the likelihood that US and Aus.
tactical interests would diverge at some point in any conflict, and the degree
of remote US control of Aus. assets which may be possible.
It's not as though we have hundreds of missiles capable of intercontinental
reach to back up a couple of AUKUS submarines.
Similar considerations apply to nuclear power generation. Australia would be
completely dependent on US / European companies and the integrity of supply
infrastructure for something as basic as electric power. We can't even
manufacture the fuel rods.
It seems small, smart, and widely distributed is the way to go - look at
Ukraine's recent attack!
_David Lochrin_
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