Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"So what exactly has Australia to gain from AUKUS? I still fail to see there benefits."
SSN's can operate longer and safer further N than the diesel boats - unless you look at a map its hard to believe but China is actually closer to Finland than to Australia
SSN's are hard to detect and can carry a serious conventional punch - they last a long time and, overall, are very flexible. It was SSN's that kept he Argentinean navy in port thru the Falklands War
I get that the hardware might be a little better (which they could have ordered instead anyway) but I still fail to see what the country of Australia has to gain. Don’t get me wrong, I am everything BUT a China fan but in my eyes AUKUS has changed Australia in an American vassal state with the risk of seriously pissing of their biggest trade partner.
keep your friends close but your enemies closer!