Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0
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Do they know Matthew Flinders beat them to it?
I don't think they will get that far. I think they will move back up the coast, but sail through some of the pacific.
Its a tribute. Many freedom of navigation exercises often involve circumnavigating around artificial islands. Maybe they think Australia is Artificial and such trips would annoy us? Maybe they think the Tasman strait is special waters too us or something as an interior water way
. Maybe they think it's important to drum up defence spending all over Australia with the Chinese Roadshow?
I wonder if WA has Chinese fleet envy?
Well I would imagine it would improve. Probably why they chose the east coast.. That an it doesn't make at lot of sense for the Chinese to attack their iron ore supply. Much more sensible to attack their coal supply instead.
I don't think we need a USN sub to deter them, I am sure a couple of F/A18 Hornets, a couple of F35A"S, a couple of P8"S and an Anzac or two would put them at the bottom of the ocean pretty quick.
We are just seeing shotgun diplomacy because we are also transiting the South China Sea.
Should we ignore them or send every asset we have to hunt them out?
Everyone's thoughts?
They want something.
We are figuring out what it is.
My bet it’s what they are getting…….
.lots of attention!
I’d play the surveillance very low key with civilian assets where posible
But if the CCP want OZ to increase defence dollars, well just send down south a trio of big grey ships close to a federal election.
Let’s see what eventuates
Most interesting how much attention this is getting across a range of media outlets.
Cheers S
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iambuzzard
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I would suggest USS Minnesota ends her port visit and puts to sea just before they arrive off FBW.
No better training than shadowing a PLA-N cruiser, frigate and supply ship. There may have been more than just plain luck with her arriving now. The CCP will be nervous with a Virginia on their tails.
And my guess was right about circumnavigation.
No better training than shadowing a PLA-N cruiser, frigate and supply ship. There may have been more than just plain luck with her arriving now. The CCP will be nervous with a Virginia on their tails.
And my guess was right about circumnavigation.
StevoJH
The Bunker Group
Why would a Virginia make them nervous? It’s not going to do anything unless they do first.
And the assets that the ADF have on hand (aka. The RAAF) are more than capable of dealing with this squadron in the extremely unlikely event that they do something stupid.