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2018-07-24 Down Under

Australia debates what to do without US Nuke Umbrella

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Posted by 3dc 2018-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#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|| 2018-07-24 00:04|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-07-24 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 ~~Man~~ Nuke up boys.

Posted by Lumpy Turkeyneck8453 2018-07-24 04:10|| 2018-07-24 04:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Forgive my ignorance, but why wouldn't Oz be under Great Britain's "nuke umbrella"?

Posted by PBMcL 2018-07-24 12:40|| 2018-07-24 12:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-07-24 13:56|| Front Page Top

#6 AUs biggest threat is from migrating indonesians. WMD doesn't help that much.

Posted by SKIDMARK 2018-07-24 20:09|| 2018-07-24 20:09|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2018-07-24 21:33|| Front Page Top

#8 I suspect the Channel Islands will be to far away soon.

Posted by ruprecht 2018-07-24 23:10|| 2018-07-24 23:10|| Front Page Top

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