Australia is to announce $73bn in defence spending aimed at equipping its military. (1 Viewer)

[zstar]

Re: Australia is to announce $73bn in defence spending aimed at equipping its militar

Maybe Australia should build nuclear and bio weapons instead.

 

[Lentern]

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Hahha you don't get it...........we need to hold out before help arrives

Yeah...no, you think anyone except for perhaps Indonesia are going to get a significant army here without everyone else noticing? And Indonesia could only get to the North unnoticed and theres nothing up there. Darwin and Weipa good luck to them.

 

[44Ronin]

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Yeah...no, you think anyone except for perhaps Indonesia are going to get a significant army here without everyone else noticing? And Indonesia could only get to the North unnoticed and theres nothing up there. Darwin and Weipa good luck to them.

Oh I'm sure our allies can %100 guarantee they will come to our aid and mobilise large forces before our regional threats get here

 

[Miz Janani]

Re: Australia is to announce $73bn in defence spending aimed at equipping its militar

Wouldn't it be better to spend the money on improving the economy??

 

[banco55]

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Assuming you had the subs and 100 + combat fighters any invasion force would take a severe mauling before they landed and even with our small army you could prepare a nasty reception for them when they landed. Opposed maritime landings are not fun for the aggressor.

 

[Lentern]

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Oh I'm sure our allies can %100 guarantee they will come to our aid and mobilise large forces before our regional threats get here

Regional threats? What reds under the bed? The asian menace? Goodness gracious me. Any reasonably sized army wil treat us like a speed bump, any small one we could all but repel as it is, upgrades to the army are futile unless we got another million or so willing soldiers and about four hundred billio to spend on equipment upgrades.

 

[banco55]

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Regional threats? What reds under the bed? The asian menace? Goodness gracious me. Any reasonably sized army wil treat us like a speed bump, any small one we could all but repel as it is, upgrades to the army are futile unless we got another million or so willing soldiers and about four hundred billio to spend on equipment upgrades.

There's a huge difference between the size of an army (say china's) and how many they could land on Australia's northern coast.

 

[44Ronin]

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Regional threats?

We have none,
We never will.
We live in a peaceful world

 

[Lentern]

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There's a huge difference between the size of an army (say china's) and how many they could land on Australia's northern coast.

Land yes but how many air raids on our cities do you think our government would withstand before trying to negotiate a surrender?

 

[Lentern]

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We have none,
We never will.
We live in a peaceful world

Yeah lets strike them before they've got a chance to turn all hostile on us. Viva la Bush doctrine.

 

[44Ronin]

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Yeah lets strike them before they've got a chance to turn all hostile on us. Viva la Bush doctrine.

No one said anything about attacking. It's about protecting ourselves.

Fighters, Non nuclear missile armed submarines and frigates aren't exactly conquering weapons of war.

 

[Lentern]

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No one said anything about attacking. It's about protecting ourselves.

Yes, forward defence theory.

 

[44Ronin]

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Yes, forward defence theory.

The cold war was a better outcome than a real one.

 

[iSplicer]

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I never really understood why we aren't going nuclear. all this is rubbish compared to a tactical nuclear strike on one of our cities.

 

[44Ronin]

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I never really understood why we aren't going nuclear. all this is rubbish compared to a tactical nuclear strike on one of our cities.

That is not how those weapons work. First and foremost, they are weapons of deterrence.

 

[banco55]

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Land yes but how many air raids on our cities do you think our government would withstand before trying to negotiate a surrender?

I really can't think of any nation that's surrendered due to the bombing of its cities. You really think an Australian Government would say: "we'll let you occupy the northern half of Australia if you stop the bombing raids".

 

[44Ronin]

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Australia would be excellent place for partisan and guerilla warfare.

 

[ablle]

Re: Australia is to announce $73bn in defence spending aimed at equipping its militar

e.g. The Tomorrow Series. We could form a BoS guerilla group, amirite?

 

[Lentern]

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I really can't think of any nation that's surrendered due to the bombing of its cities. You really think an Australian Government would say: "we'll let you occupy the northern half of Australia if you stop the bombing raids".

Better bombs these days, plus we're a country not really equipped with shleters and the like. With a population of 21 million I don't think we'd have the stomach for too many civilians casualties.

 

[Lentern]

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The cold war was a better outcome than a real one.

For Koreans?