New title: ADF gets to play with American toys, while they don't need them.
Seriously, if this doesn't result in full control of production and independent use, then these things are useless to be included in defence plans of Australia.
We'd be better off without them, knowing we absolutley don't have the capability, instead of having the possibility of the rug pulled, like what has happened to Ukraine.
Grail (capitalised) - 5mon
Launch them at the IDF
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eureka - 5mon
500km isn't even from Sydney to Melbourne. Couldn't even launch them at Pine Gap.
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Leet @lemmy.zip - 5mon
Yeah maybe if they put it way up north they can launch them at a few huts in Papua New Guinea
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Grail (capitalised) - 5mon
Well then build non-nuclear ICBMs and launch them at the IDF
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa - 5mon
Isn't the problem with ICBMs that a tarfet nation doesn't necessarily know its non-nuclear and therefore you get into a sprt of game theory situation where the strongest possible answer is the only coreect answer?
Gorgritch_umie_killa in worldnews
Australia tests new long-range missile capable of hitting targets 500km away
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-26/australia-army-tests-precision-strike-missile-in-mount-bundey-nt/105576916New title: ADF gets to play with American toys, while they don't need them.
Seriously, if this doesn't result in full control of production and independent use, then these things are useless to be included in defence plans of Australia.
We'd be better off without them, knowing we absolutley don't have the capability, instead of having the possibility of the rug pulled, like what has happened to Ukraine.
Launch them at the IDF
500km isn't even from Sydney to Melbourne. Couldn't even launch them at Pine Gap.
Yeah maybe if they put it way up north they can launch them at a few huts in Papua New Guinea
Well then build non-nuclear ICBMs and launch them at the IDF
Isn't the problem with ICBMs that a tarfet nation doesn't necessarily know its non-nuclear and therefore you get into a sprt of game theory situation where the strongest possible answer is the only coreect answer?