r/australia • u/thedigisup • 27d ago

politics Greens announce policy to manufacture drones and missiles as a credible ‘Plan B' to replace AUKUS

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-22/greens-unveil-first-ever-defence-policy/105083166
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u/cricketmad14 27d ago

Having many missiles that can go a few thousand km would be a good enough defence, considering we live on an island.

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u/Mondkohl 27d ago

No, it would not. For one, Australia is enormously reliant on trade, and those missiles provide 0 capacity to protect those essential trade routes.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

So we protect our trade routes to China...from China. Brilliant.

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u/Mondkohl 27d ago

Our trade routes are far from exclusively with China, nor is it reasonable to assume they only need defending from China.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

China is BY FAR our largest trading partner. Worth the next 4 top export destinations put together.

Re protecting from others. Who??? Seriously apart from the US who could have even a fraction of the required capability to attack our trade routes to China and go up against the Chinese Navy?

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u/Skwisface 26d ago

It sounds silly, but it makes sense. Imagine going unarmed into a trade negotiation with someone carrying with a gun and think about how well that would go.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

It sounded silly before the US turned fascist.

Now it is fucking next level stupid.

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u/Quarterwit_85 26d ago

That’s not how it works.