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From: pj@jostle.com
On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 07:18:14 +1100, "Rod Speed"
wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 06:59:52 +1100, Peter Jason wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 05:18:36 -0000 (UTC), J D Young
>> wrote:
>>
>>> SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Monday it would accelerate plans to
>>> buy advanced sea mines to protect its maritime routes and ports from
>>> "potential aggressors" amid China's plans to increase its influence in
>>> the
>>> Pacific region.
>>
>> Laudable. But will they also be placed along the length of submarine
>> cables which could be cut by some enemy, in many locations, so
>> isolating Oz from the rest of the world?
>
>Even if all the submarine cables were all cut in multiple places,
>we would not be isolated from the rest of the world due to satellites.
That is true. But the cost and queuing would slow things down to a
crawl. Presumably use would be rationed to the benefit of we posters
in aus.politics.
>
>>> China has plans to step up its presence in the Pacific and entered a
>>> security pact with Solomon Islands last year, raising concerns in the
>>> United States and Australia, who for decades have seen the region as
>>> their
>>> sphere of influence.
>>>
>>> Australia has been looking to boost its defence spending over the past
>>> few
>>> years, including entering into a deal in 2021 to buy nuclear submarines
>>> from the United States and Britain.
>>>
>>> ($1 = 1.4323 Australian dollars)
>>>
>>> (Reporting by Renju Jose. Editing by Gerry Doyle)
>>>
>>> https://news.yahoo.com/australia-speed-purchase-sea-mines-034254381.html
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