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Vier_Scar t1_j9x7hfs wrote

Reply to comment by Visible_Scientist_67 in Australia quietly expels major Russian spy ring, report says by diabolical_cunt

Yeah, where else would you invade from though? It's an island with no neighbours but North, the only land close to it is north, major threats like China are north. The reef would make it hard to go east by sea too I think.

I doubt anyone would bother invading Australia anyway, it's just not worth the effort. Small population probably going to make a minor impact in wars with larger nations and fairly good allies to the north through all those islands you'd have to sail past.

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Vier_Scar t1_j9x6sjl wrote

Reply to comment by user745786 in Australia quietly expels major Russian spy ring, report says by diabolical_cunt

Yeah, invading from the north let's you disembark, setup, use land and sea and air routes, but from the actual east coast would mean a much, much longer trip by sea, the reef causing issues and obviously would be met with heavy resistance.

South coast is just absurdly long detour to pretty much the same scenario as going north or west. One city, and nothing else. Australia's just pretty empty. Size of the US but only like 7 major cities, mostly on the east coast with no major neighbours anywhere but north

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Cheezied OP t1_j9x4cm4 wrote

Reply to Chinese fighter jet confronts US Navy plane with CNN crew aboard as tensions simmer in South China Sea by Cheezied

> CNN) — The US Navy reconnaissance jet flies at 21,500 feet over the South China Sea, 30 miles from the contested Paracel Islands, a group of about 130 small atolls, the biggest of which are home to Chinese military bases. > > A voice, saying it’s coming from a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) airport, crackles over the radio of the US Navy P-8 Poseidon as a CNN crew, given rare access aboard the US flight, listens in.s > > “American aircraft. Chinese airspace is 12 nautical miles. Not approaching any more or you bear all responsibility,” it says. > > In a few minutes, a Chinese fighter jet armed with air-to-air missiles intercepts the US plane, nestling in just 500 feet off its port side. > > The Chinese fighter jet was so close, the CNN crew could see the pilots turning their heads to look at them – and could make out the red star on the tail fins and the missiles it was armed with.

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