Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"AUKUS with its 8 SSN buy has bi-partisan support going right back to Sept."
They're politicians - they'll use whatever stick they can find to beat the other side - wait & see..................
I appreciate your dogma, however, China is playing its hand. The "Yellow Peril" is real, even for the moderate Left.
Personally, I don't like irrational fear mongering, fuelling partisan political campaigns in Australia. Such as the Defence Minister's recent press conference stating Chinese missiles can strike as far as Hobart. This is irrelevant. Australia's maritime interests are not. Our fuel supplies are just as vulnerable as the CCP's to a interdiction campaign through Indonesian choke points. SSN's offer relevance here. As would securing better national fuel reserves.