China’s direct strike threat to Australia is ‘growing’, think tank report finds

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3357080/chinas-direct-strike-threat-australia-growing-think-tank-report-finds

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Taleya@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 96d (1 reply)

just...gonna leave this here

Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 96d

Thanks for the read.

brisk@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 96d

Lowy Institute

Called it

jagungal@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 96d (1 reply)

This scene from Utopia is yet again extremely relevant

Ixoid@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 95d

Came here to post this link ❤️

TheHolm@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 96d (1 reply)

More fearmongering. China do not need ballistic misses to take over Australia.

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 95d

Boomerangs, then?

beeng@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 95d

Cos we built Airforce capacity for the USA to use on our soil. Darwin, Pinegap, etc.

Sepia@mander.xyz · 0 pts · 94d

From the original source:

China’s military build-up has already ... increased the threat to Taiwan, and created structural pressure on regional states to accommodate Beijing’s preferences. These shifts affect Australian security regardless of China’s capacity to strike Australian territory.