boingk wrote:People mistake China's movements for bar-room aggression, but in actual fact they're the last desperate struggles of a drowning man.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:The biggest problem is munitions. The Australian federal government does not even have 12 hours of munitions for all out scale combat. So any hypothetical invading army only has to suffer a momentary setback but eventually will overrun our small army and whatever reservists could be mustered. In Queensland if its under 1 inch in caliber then all you need is a firearms licence and you can buy it and as much of it as your wallet will allow. So I would dare say that civilians have a greater supply of munitions on hand than the fed. A few cases of shotgun shells and a few cases of centrefire in various calibres and it is not hard to have over 10000 rounds. Then add in some rimfire and you can easily have over 20000 rounds. Then add in pistols and the number could be anything. Shooting pistols 3 times a week and you could easily shoot over 5000 rounds a week.
Communism_Is_Cancer wrote:The biggest problem is munitions. The Australian federal government does not even have 12 hours of munitions for all out scale combat. So any hypothetical invading army only has to suffer a momentary setback but eventually will overrun our small army and whatever reservists could be mustered. In Queensland if its under 1 inch in caliber then all you need is a firearms licence and you can buy it and as much of it as your wallet will allow. So I would dare say that civilians have a greater supply of munitions on hand than the fed. A few cases of shotgun shells and a few cases of centrefire in various calibres and it is not hard to have over 10000 rounds. Then add in some rimfire and you can easily have over 20000 rounds. Then add in pistols and the number could be anything. Shooting pistols 3 times a week and you could easily shoot over 5000 rounds a week.
Adzy wrote:Yes fuel is the major problem I would be concerned about, Australia is a “ long way away “ from China . They can rattle their sabres all they like but reality soon makes foolishness of any crazy actions they would take.
ZaineB wrote:If you are going to talk seriously about Australia and defense capabilities, we missed the boat in the 40's and 50's. along with our allies we should have leapt forward in becoming nuclear armed and capable, this is and was the only deterrent that would and will keep someone like China at bay.