Australia to buy 100 US jets, double submarines in buildup of n...

At least they have a leader who believes in protecting his country. Wish we had such a leader

The US comming to australias aid yet again........

The US aren't giving them away, they are being paid for.

And when was the last time Australia was invaded? I think 1819 when they came enmass to confiscate the property of the aboriginal owners of Australia.

This is a waste of money. Australia only has 20 million people. Hence maybe 5 million men of fighting age. There is no conceivable way they could protect the amount of borders with their population. They would have to rely on US and Britain, if ever an invasion of an Asian Army into Australia.

...and who would have thought it would come from Austrailia?

comment wrote:

And when was the last time Australia was invaded? I think 1819 when they came enmass to confiscate the property of the aboriginal owners of Australia.
This is a waste of money. Australia only has 20 million people. Hence maybe 5 million men of fighting age. There is no conceivable way they could protect the amount of borders with their population. They would have to rely on US and Britain, if ever an invasion of an Asian Army into Australia.

You are correct but they were on the radar screen in WWII.

"In early 1942 elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) proposed an invasion of Australia. This proposal was opposed by the Japanese Army and was rejected in favour of a policy of attacking Midway Island and isolating Australia from the United States by advancing through the South Pacific."

Kazzi wrote:

The US aren't giving them away, they are being paid for.

Good post kazzi.Good on you and god bless you.

Well KRudd is basically bending over to the Asians, the Chinese in particular. Buying fighter planes and submarines is just window dressing to assuage the feelings of more conservative Aussies which are very rare these days.

Well, The world is due for a major world war.

sin wrote:

The US comming to australias aid yet again........

The Indian immigrant troll living in America who hates the white western world yaps again? Bravo! Yap yap yap yap. How is the US "coming to Australia's aid" you stupid turd? The aircraft are part of the "Joint Strike Fighter" development "jointly funded by the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, The Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Norway, Denmark and Israel."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fig...

sin wrote:

OH OH can I come like last time too??

Homosexual behavior appears to be rampant on this thread! Please keep your "Man Pleasers" and "Dick Beaters" out of our discussion.
Thank you ladies.

Chuckles wrote:

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"Joint Strike Fighter" development "jointly funded by the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, The Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Norway, Denmark and Israel."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Strike_Fig...

as you said...
"Joint Strike Fighter" development "jointly funded by the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, The Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Norway, Denmark and Israel

comment wrote:

And when was the last time Australia was invaded? I think 1819 when they came enmass to confiscate the property of the aboriginal owners of Australia.
This is a waste of money. Australia only has 20 million people. Hence maybe 5 million men of fighting age. There is no conceivable way they could protect the amount of borders with their population. They would have to rely on US and Britain, if ever an invasion of an Asian Army into Australia.

It always amuses my when third world morons come onto these forums with advice for rich and successful countries. If numbers were what mattered in military affairs then the breeding vermin of Asia would dominate the world. As it is the oriental nations have invented practically nothing, have client economies to the west, which is an improvement over their indigenous economies, and have a fraction of our wealth and military power. Australia is an island. It doesn't matter how many Asians there are. It only matters how many can be landed and supplied in an invasion. Air power is superior to sea power. As long as the airforce controls the airspace around Australia it is impossible to invade. That's why we have invented "over the horizon" radar to see ships hundreds of kilometres away and spent millions installing the facilities. That is why we spend billions contributing to the joint strike fighter development. It's money well spent because it means we stay free and wealthy. And please shut up about the Aborigines. If it wasn't for us they'd still be living a half starved poverty stricken life in the bush or exterminated by cruel orientals.

never trust a jurnalist to get the facts right, it is a joint country effort

My husband just said Australian submarines are "down under". That's funny.

Since our own Defense Scty. is apparently trying to kill the F-35 project, it's a good thing that the Aussies are buying 100 of them.

It's good for Australia, and it's good for business.

What the heck does Australia have that anybody would want any ?!

Daniel P from Long Island wrote:

What the heck does Australia have that anybody would want any ?!

Billions of $ to buy our hardware.

Daniel P from Long Island wrote:

What the heck does Australia have that anybody would want any ?!

Oi! we have the hardest straightest bashing sticks in the world. Would you like me to try one on your noggin?

Matey wrote:

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Oi! we have the hardest straightest bashing sticks in the world. Would you like me to try one on your noggin?

matey/merican etc..pisss off canadian troll