yo @moondoong a great shame on Chris Uhlmann that he has obviously been captured by Sinophobic hawks. His article could just as easily have been written by militarist types at IPA, or ASPI, or operatives at the increasing number of industry-funded belligerent so-called thinktanks infesting the Australian defence policy landscape.
like Uhlmann they live in a virtual world, unencumbered by reality.
moondoong you remember that PLA e-spy naval vessel that steamed 250kms off the northwest coast in the Indian Ocean a year or two ago. And the apoplexy that this caused to Sinophobic hawks. Did you suffer much from that apoplexy.
for comparison, do you remember the routine air patrols the ADF operates everywhere in South China Sea international air space, using Orion P3 and Poseidon P8 electronic warfare jets.
if you remember that you'd also remember the Australian submarine that became trapped in fishing nets just outside the entrance to a Chinese port on a listening mission for the acoustic signatures of Chinese naval vessels.
these incursions on China and its interests are just the tip of the iceberg. They are what we know.
as Australia tries to build tension with its #1 trading partner and a country that has never threatened Australia.
it's about time Australian govts started to look after Australia's national interest and not just pander to the US.
@raiderup was your Apple phone also made in China, just like the Huawei device you ditched.
