who will the next world war be between
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bart56912 said:
In reference to the Australian invasion by China:
According to the 2009 Defence White Paper, issued by the Australian Department of Defence, the Navy needs to increase the amount of submarines and maritime vessels to protect Australia's northern approaches (mainly the straits running through the Indonesian archipelago) to protect against a growing Chinese threat.
Why they would attack? that comes down to a couple of things:
Last year China imported 17, 000 tons of Uranium, and Australia hold around 40% of the worlds identified Uranium resources. On top of that China is one of the largest importers of Australian Iron Ore. With the Australian Dollar gaining traction in the world market, prices for both Iron and Uranium are becoming more expensive. China could come to the conclusion that it's easier or cheaper to cut out the middleman.
Yes, Australia being an island is easy to defend against an enemy. It's relatively isolated and hard to reach. But, without a large well-equipped military it becomes one of the least defendable points on the map, due to its large size.
Australia only has around 82, 000 troops (25, 000 Reservists, 57, 000 Active). Many of the active troops are deployed overseas, in the Middle East and South-East Asia. In comparison China has somewhere around 4.5 million troops, with 2.2 million active. So they only have to look at us meanly and we're done for.
This is further increased by the fact that somewhere around 80% of the population live on the East Coast (New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Victoria). So in turn, large stretches of Northern and Western Australia are uninhabited or have really low populations.
Why they would attack? that comes down to a couple of things:
Last year China imported 17, 000 tons of Uranium, and Australia hold around 40% of the worlds identified Uranium resources. On top of that China is one of the largest importers of Australian Iron Ore. With the Australian Dollar gaining traction in the world market, prices for both Iron and Uranium are becoming more expensive. China could come to the conclusion that it's easier or cheaper to cut out the middleman.
Yes, Australia being an island is easy to defend against an enemy. It's relatively isolated and hard to reach. But, without a large well-equipped military it becomes one of the least defendable points on the map, due to its large size.
Australia only has around 82, 000 troops (25, 000 Reservists, 57, 000 Active). Many of the active troops are deployed overseas, in the Middle East and South-East Asia. In comparison China has somewhere around 4.5 million troops, with 2.2 million active. So they only have to look at us meanly and we're done for.
This is further increased by the fact that somewhere around 80% of the population live on the East Coast (New South Wales, ACT, Queensland and Victoria). So in turn, large stretches of Northern and Western Australia are uninhabited or have really low populations.
Improbable... Yes.
Impossible... No.
