China buying islands near Oz

[vincent]

[dennisw]

They already own half of Australia so probably just want to look after their interests.

[Ian Thomas]

Well, if Winny does decide to set up shop off PNG, the PLA-N 🇨🇳 will have some company apart from the Royal Australian Navy.

The "Frogs" 🇫🇷 are all over the place ...

A welcome visit from an international friend
15/03/2024
A brand-new French Navy offshore patrol vessel made a stop into Cairns during its participation in the US joint humanitarian assistance operation Pacific Angel.
www.contactairlandandsea.com/2024/03/15/a-welcome-visit-from-an-international-friend/

Looks like the US Coast Guard's 🇺🇸 gonna be cruising round Antarctica and the Southern Ocean ...

Officials tight-lipped over “emerging prospect” of US Coast Guard using Hobart as a home port. (2024, March 12). 

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-13/us-coast-guard-using-hobart-as-a-home-port-tas-govt/103576020
 US and Australian officials are remaining tight-lipped about an internal government document that says there is an "emerging prospect" of the US Coast Guard basing one of its vessels in Hobart.

A maritime security analyst said the prospect was a "no brainer" likely being discussed at the "highest levels" of both governments.
The analyst said Hobart would provide an ideal home port for one of the US's yet-to-be built icebreakers, which would operate in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the coming years.

And if push ever comes to shove, that channel to the dude's private island is quite narrow. Anything could happen 💣 ..

Australia Acquires First Batch of Italian Made Smart Sea Mines | Atlas News. (2024, February 24). 

theatlasnews.co/brief/2024/02/24/australia-acquires-first-batch-of-italian-made-smart-sea-mine/

[dennisw]

We need to get the mines we can't make up our minds on submarines. If the politicians had not been involved we would have had some already. Unfortunately electors and politicians in Australia fit the definition of dumb and dumber.

We have a group calling themselves "Extinction Rebellion" they would be better named "Extinction Delusion".

I worry for the fate of the world but I think we are about to see WWIII fulfill the prediction of the guy who predicted 3 world wars. I wrote about him a little while back; www.amazon.com/dp/B0CF4J4WBJ

[vincent]

Australia Acquires First Batch of Italian Made Smart Sea Mines

Using mines seems like a no-brainer by hindsight, but I never seem to think of them. I'm glad that the RAN has thought of them.