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Not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia explored as option in US congressional report

https://lemmy.world/post/42669531

Not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia explored as option in US congressional report - Lemmy.World

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Feb 4 at 5:50pmWeb
Show threadjoelfromausFeb 4
Shame we didn’t go with someone reliable, like France.
Show threadFleur_Feb 4
Aukus would’ve been a shit deal for aus even if we got the subs. The fact that we’re not getting them is just perfect. We should drop ties with the fickle US and strengthen partnerships with reliable defence partners such as Japan and France.
Show threadtimmytbtFeb 4
Nah, Albo will go all in and agree to support the Yanks in whatever insane, imperialist invasions they decide to embark on! “Can we have our subs then please Uncle Donald?”
Show threadFleur_Feb 4

Albo is sitting in the cuck chair while the yanks fuck our subs smh

Did albo finally stop winning??? Heavenly mandate lost???

Show threadAllNewTypeFaceFeb 4
Trumpistan sees Australia similarly to how Russia sees Belarus: as a compliant vassal state one can do anything to
Show threadTheCriticalMemberFeb 5
Honestly, why wouldn’t he?
Show threadNathFeb 5

Frankly, because Australia has things that the USA does not have and really needs. Australia is a stable and reliable political friend in a region of the globe that is close enough to the antipode of mainland USA. Our proximity and unused land affords our US allies with space and privacy to operate with relative comfort. Their bases in Australia also have much shorter logistic chains to operate compared with other remote locales like islands as well.

The USA would be impacted militarily if they lost Australia as an ally. Not irrevocably, they’d get by. But it would cost them a lot more than the simple civility and respect it takes to maintain their relationship with Australia.

Neither nations really needs the other. Our partnership has been convenient for both of us, and it really would be a shame for both nations if that partnership were to lapse.

Show threadTheCriticalMemberFeb 6
Nothing you said is untrue, but the topic is how trump views Australia, and I think you’re giving him far too much credit. I’d like to see Australian leadership pull back from the US or at least not bend over to the imbecile American president.
Show threadSalvoFeb 6

Not kowtowing to Trump is not the same as ending our relationship with the US.

Albo can tell the walking dumpster fire to bugger off and trump would come out of worse than Australia.

Show threadTaleyaFeb 5

of course it was.

Albanese you dumb slut, is it sinking in yet? WRITE. THE US. OFF.

Show threadNo_EponymFeb 5

France:

Show threadhow_we_burnedFeb 6

Why is everyone jumping on this. It’s a congressional research report. It’s not even spearhead by a particular party or politician.

It’s simple report that says we’re not making enough subs so instead sell some b-21 raiders to the Aussies.

I’m surprised no one even saw that part.

Show threadNo1Feb 6

Or maybe …

Ghost Sharks!

Australia to spend $1.1 billion on Anduril undersea drone fleet - Aussie Zone

* Dozens of “Ghost Shark” autonomous submarines to be produced in Australia from next year * Co-developed by Royal Australian Navy and Anduril * Capable of surveillance, strike missions over long distances Surprised at how cheap these things are compared to our imaginary non-nuclear nuclear whatever we can get subs from France USA who the hell knows in 10 years 25 years whenever Also, I wonder if they can attach a laser so we can have our Ghost Sharks with frickin’ laser beams.