Submitted 3 days ago by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone to worldnews@aussie.zone
New title: ADF gets to play with American toys, while they don’t need them.
Seriously, if this doesn’t result in full control of production and independent use, then these things are useless to be included in defence plans of Australia.
We’d be better off without them, knowing we absolutley don’t have the capability, instead of having the possibility of the rug pulled, like what has happened to Ukraine.
The deal locks in Australian access to munitions, technological advancements and the option for future domestic manufacturing and maintenance.
it looks like defence wise we are hoping trump just goes away and we continue to rely on the US
But that is the height of foolishness. Once a partner proves it can be unreliable, then it must influence our decisions regards that partner.
To double down on that partner is crazy. One person doesn’t make policy, Trump least of all, he spends all his time chasing the latest shiny object that distracts from his theft and corruption.
There are many senior officials in that country that take client status for the ADF as a given, after Ukraine that is no longer a position the US can be trusted to hold.
Its probably also true that a large part of the US would probably like a disentanglement from their allies as well, they have foolish reasons, America First, etc… but that is something that makes Australua’s pragmatic decisions all the more important to get right.
yeah if it were up to me i’d be aligning with israel for air defence, ukraine for drones of every kind, uk for ships, europe for fighter jets, korea/germany for tanks etc
Grail@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Launch them at the IDF
eureka@aussie.zone 3 days ago
500km isn’t even from Sydney to Melbourne. Couldn’t even launch them at Pine Gap.
Grail@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Well then build non-nuclear ICBMs and launch them at the IDF
Leet@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Yeah maybe if they put it way up north they can launch them at a few huts in Papua New Guinea