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Australia debates what to do without US Nuke Umbrella
2018-07-24
[ASPI the Strategist] If the US nuclear umbrella folds … The choices for Australia
Posted by:3dc

#8  I suspect the Channel Islands will be to far away soon.
Posted by: ruprecht   2018-07-24 23:10  

#7  why wouldn't Oz be under Great Britain's "nuke umbrella"?

Too far away? Supposedly even the Falklands are too far away in these difficult times.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-07-24 21:33  

#6  AUs biggest threat is from migrating indonesians. WMD doesn't help that much.
Posted by: SKIDMARK   2018-07-24 20:09  

#5  Either way, it's a lot cheaper to just pay the 2% or whatever and be done with it.
Posted by: gorb   2018-07-24 13:56  

#4  Forgive my ignorance, but why wouldn't Oz be under Great Britain's "nuke umbrella"?
Posted by: PBMcL   2018-07-24 12:40  

#3  Man Nuke up boys.
Posted by: Lumpy Turkeyneck8453   2018-07-24 04:10  

#2  If the US nuclear umbrella folds..

...build your own umbrella? No need for pearl clutching here - just get it done.
Posted by: Raj   2018-07-24 00:39  

#1  they can attempt to dilute the advantages that nuclear weapons confer—advantages which would otherwise accrue to a set of states that did not wish them well

How?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-07-24 00:04  

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