Posted on 10/02/2017 6:20:46 PM PDT by naturalman1975
AUSTRALIA’S new warships will have the capability to shoot down long-range missiles including those from rogue states such as North Korea.
The Royal Australian Navy will add nine new anti-submarine frigates with anti-missile capabilities to its fleet, complete with the multi-billion dollar technology, with construction planned to begin in 2020.
“Recent events in our region have proven that Australia’s future frigates must be equipped to defend Australia from the threat of medium and long-range missile attacks,” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told the Pacific 17 maritime and naval showcase, referencing North Korea.
“We must have the capability to meet and defeat them.”
North Korea said in August Australia had committed a “suicide act” by aligning with the United States.
“This is a suicidal act of inviting disaster, as it is an illustration of political immaturity, unaware of the seriousness of the current situation,” KCNA, Korea’s official news agency, said at the time.
The Prime Minister unveiled his “important step forward keeping Australia safe” at the showcase, as he described Australia’s “largest recapitilisation, regeneration of Australia’s navy in peacetime”.
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Their major cities are on their southern coast, yes?
Why not position ABMs on the northern coast?
There might be some sense to ABM defences in the north - it's not really my field - but the environment up there is very harsh in terms of maintaining modern infrastructures and the sparse population makes that even harder.
No doubt that that's a *direct* threat...perhaps even an act of war.IMO (not that I'm an expert) that would give Australia the right to take decisive action.Perhaps even to shoot down the missiles that that fat pig is firing over Japanese airspace.
Doing so might jeopardize Japan...South Korea...perhaps even Guam.But clearly not Australia.
Just fantasizing,actually.Seems to me the solution is to get a couple of hundred snipers into NK and take out the fat pig and his top sycophants.
I don't think you, North Korean leaders, understand the seriousness of the situation. The U.S. and Australia have always been brothers in arms. Just as England has been. We will fight to protect Western Civilization.
Just hope England stops accepting refugees (that right there is the 'suicidal act inviting disaster') and clamps down on Sharia law.
I'll bet there are a lot of the population in NK who would love the chance to do that, but they are too hungry and starved to do so.
The only serious threat I see to Australia is China.
Well unless they start importing Muslims in large numbers.
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