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Originally Posted by bookworm_020
I think Indonesia and some other countries in South east asia are more on the mind in defence circles in Australia than China. The only thing that may worry them about china is there effort to obtain highly classified information by espionage, like the Aegis Radar and weapon systems.  |
Perhaps they have something to do with it. But not that much really. Regardless of what they say to your public or say in Australian defense circles, Aegis ships are for nations like China. The little countries like Indonesia are a pittance to deal with. One would not need Aegis ships with their multi-mission configurations and huge sensor packages and missile batteries to deal with these minor nations. Don't for one second misunderstand, these vessels, like the King Sejon DDG for South Korea are part of a larger, unspoken naval containment strategy against China. The USA doesn't admit to it either, but it's painfully obvious why the U.S. has shifted such huge amounts of naval assets to the Pacific. And why U.S. allies in the Pacific are getting these nice goodies from the USA. (ie F-35, Aegis ships, SM-3, etc.)