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2022-01-11 Down Under

Australia spends $3.5billion to purchase 120 military tanks from the United States as tensions soar with China

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-01-11 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 120 tanks won't stop the Chinese, but are good for putting down local insurrections.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-01-11 08:14|| 2022-01-11 08:14|| Front Page Top

#2 China, or people thinking about a rescue puppy?

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-11 13:38|| 2022-01-11 13:38|| Front Page Top

#3 More likely to crush COVID resisters.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-01-11 13:40|| 2022-01-11 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Have the Aussies gone mad?
WTF is going on down under?

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-01-11 13:53|| 2022-01-11 13:53|| Front Page Top

#5 75 Abrams tanks, 29 assault breacher vehicles, 17 joint assault bridge vehicles, and six armoured recovery vehicles.

The way things are going in Oz, the feral government may well need to do some crowd control. But I would buy Bradley's and such for that role, rather than main battle tanks. Their shopping list suggests they are planning for something bigger.

Posted by SteveS 2022-01-11 14:50|| 2022-01-11 14:50|| Front Page Top

#6 The only folks who can land 120 tanks in Australia are the US Marines. Oh, the Marines are getting rid of their tanks and purchasing safe rooms?

Posted by Huparong Cloluper8853 2022-01-11 23:55|| 2022-01-11 23:55|| Front Page Top

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