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Down Under
Australia spends $3.5billion to purchase 120 military tanks from the United States as tensions soar with China
2022-01-11
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Australia to spend more than $3.5billion on 120 military tanks from United States

  • It comes as China continues to gain a military advantage over the western world

  • Peter Dutton said armoured vehicles would provide the army critical firepower
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  The only folks who can land 120 tanks in Australia are the US Marines. Oh, the Marines are getting rid of their tanks and purchasing safe rooms?
Posted by: Huparong Cloluper8853   2022-01-11 23:55  

#5  75 Abrams tanks, 29 assault breacher vehicles, 17 joint assault bridge vehicles, and six armoured recovery vehicles.

The way things are going in Oz, the feral government may well need to do some crowd control. But I would buy Bradley's and such for that role, rather than main battle tanks. Their shopping list suggests they are planning for something bigger.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-01-11 14:50  

#4  Have the Aussies gone mad?
WTF is going on down under?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-11 13:53  

#3  More likely to crush COVID resisters.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-01-11 13:40  

#2  China, or people thinking about a rescue puppy?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-01-11 13:38  

#1  120 tanks won't stop the Chinese, but are good for putting down local insurrections.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-01-11 08:14  

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