ANALYSIS: The conversation we need to have about China, the US and Australia
The military rise of China is no secret. But repeated displays of Chinese planes bombing imaginary ships around Taiwan, Japan and South Korea confirms that we now live in an unstable neighbourhood.
No serious player is suggesting that Australia walks away from its alliance with the US. But there is room for debate about what being "a loyal ally" means.If we are at war with China, then China is at war with us. What does that mean? Specifically, the program involves dropping sonobuoys to identify the acoustic signatures of Chinese submarines and allow US hunter-killer submarines to attack them at the outbreak of hostilities.
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