Yoda, your knowledge of military aviation impresses. Not an ex aviator, are you?
" Who's to say China won't have an airbase in Indo/Fiji/E Timor within the next 10 years? If so, Aust will be cactus against their stealth planes."
Hey, you're talking about the hand that feeds us, our most important trading partner. If they told us to stick our minerals and other exports, we'd be dead anyway, lol. They wouldnt attack us, they'll be growing a fair whack of their food here soon, on what used to be our farms. :-(
"We urgently need USN Virginia class nuke boats but sadly our pollies are too scared to upset the voters."
I agree. I would like to see us with nuclear power plants as well. But nuclear subs are the way to go. The German diesel/electrics are not too bad either, or Israel wouldnt be buying them. We could have had those way back instead of the Collins.Hindsight, eh?
