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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
Sky! We don't know what is going on behind the scenes. Could it be that the Australian Navy wants these reported to be (12) SSK submarines to really be (6) nuclear SSN"S? Just the stroke of a pen and a little wisdom with the first Dolphin not even out yet ... Gives France a reason to build more, but SSN would probably have to be French built ... bad for homeland pride.
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That would be a stunt, wouldn't it be.
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I hope they change their minds for SSN's ... India is awfully close by and they have SSN's.
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The Indians are not the ones pirate-raiding new land in the south Chinese Sea and establishing a network of logistic strongholds aloing their Silfroad 2.0 project that quickly could be turned into military bases. I think the Chinese are Australia's much bigger concern. The concern of everybody in the region. India - may be a natural ally instead. They get encircled by the Chinese from all sides at land, if you followed the news of the past years.
Be on guard against China, they seem to roll up the whole region. Form alliance with India, Japan, South Korea. Thats the only thing that makes sense. Keep the US interested in the region, and seriously so. Europe, britain can do nothing to come to your rescue, if need arrives. The Brits will have both their hands full already with just keeping their supercarriers afloat in peacetime (imo a way too big project for this shadow of its former self the RN has been turned into), and France and Italy will not send their navel assets into the Far East. At best one or two European submarines will stroll by.