[LINK] Uncrewed submarines as ocean becomes ‘transparent’

[Antony Barry]

The US would take a dim view of a Chinese invasion of Australia because of
the strategic importance of Pine Gap and the presence of US military assets
in Darwin, not just the ANZUS treaty. They would be reliant on
vulnerable sea bourne logistics which the US Navy would crush. As
well Australia has great strategic depth because of its size. making
logistics on land vulnerable also. Yes, they could take a few ports easily
but holding them would be another matter.

Tony

On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 12:57 AM Stephen Loosley <StephenLoosley at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Oops .. previous email sent incomplete ..
>
> Well, to me, it appears the only national threat we have is China.
>
> Anytime, China could take & hold much of our northern coastline
> utilizing it’s large commercial fleet, hundreds of kilometres inland.
>
> The only thing we can do then, is to use localized nuclear weapons.
>
> Yes, use low yield nuclear weapons on our own lands, discharged in
> uninhabited areas of the Australian continent. No-one uses the land.
>
> Or hope original-peoples agree to leasing significant areas of country
> to enable China to resettle a significant population due to little water.
>
> If China attacks Australia to gain clean settlement-land due to drought
> we cannot win that fight. David/Goliath. Best negotiate a lease/treaty.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Stephen
>
>
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