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Macroscien said..Subsonic said..
In other news today, after a loooong running theme of no nuclear anything in aus, turns out we're getting nuke powered subs now. Is this the start of a nuclear aus? Thanks Mr Biden.
Good start really to rid of 90 bln.
Now ask yourself a question.
What is expected survival time of our nuclear submarine in the hypothetical conflict?About your I hour am guessing.
Extremely lucky will be half a day. Hypersonic anti ship missles need one hour to rich any place on Earth. Nowadays position of every adversary submarine is displayed on big screen in military center, regardless if is sailing or sitting on the bottom of ocean or under Arctic ice.
Obviously we could give them the same money the ask us for and get something useful in exchange. Tractors, bobcats, fire fighting helicopters , posi track to clean Australian bushes before fire season, even electric Tesla's you could have plenty for 90 bln.
That move could remind us Nazi megalomania with Bismarck warship that becomes nothing more then target to sink asap
Now there is another question. Who wish to sail on those underwater coffins knowing that have zero chance of survival.?
Prove your claims. Come on, show us the evidence that you have suddenly become an expert on ASW.
By the way, Bismarck was a lot more than a target to sink ASAP. It caused the British to keep several battleships (KGV, PoW, plus some Rs and possibly Malaya), three battlecruisers (Hood, Repulse, Renown), two carriers (Victorious and Ark Royal), several cruisers (Suffolk, Norfolk, Cumberland I think, Sheffield, etc) and several destroyer flotillas on alert, keeping them away from other tasks.
By the way, I'm not in favour of the decision to go for nukes as far as I can see it, although there are some interesting factors to be balanced. But having one's own opinions, and being aware of one's own limitations, is very different from being so up yourself that you reckon that you know everything about submarine and anti-submarine warfare.
Oh, since you mentioned bushfire fighting, given that you effectively claimed to be Australia's biggest expert on fire fighting a while back, can I ask what brigade you're in? I mean, since you know exactly what people should be doing, surely you're giving the morons who actually get out there and get dirty the benefit of your superior intelligence, aren't you?
I just want to know when I may be able to meet you on the fire ground, or whether you are just sitting behind a keyboard and still telling the people who actually DO it how you know more about it than they do.