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'The Americans are doing nothing': US abandons Australia over Chinese
warship 'catastrophe'

Australia was dealt a truly horrifying blow this week - and America's
response has told us everything we really need to know.
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Of the three Chinese ships, the most worrisome is the Renhai-class
Cruiser Zunyi, which can be equipped with nuclear-capable land-attack
cruise missiles.

From where the little "flotilla" was sitting a few days ago off
Southern NSW, it could have hypothetically destroyed Canberra and
Sydney in under an hour. Brisbane too in a little longer. 
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Gunboat diplomacy

One does not need to be so dramatic to be concerned. The main point
being made by Beijing is as much political as it is military.

That point is easy enough to read: do what we say or you will be
destroyed. The manner of the message is also clear. Get out of the
Taiwan Strait or we'll occupy the Tasman Strait.

This is an age-old tactic of warfare known as "gunboat diplomacy".
When you can sail missiles unmolested to within minutes of a competing
nation's capital, there is not much need to fire them. 
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A better idea is to get in ahead and sell ourselves to America today,
before the price is discounted against Greenland in a moment of
national crisis.

God bless the 51st state.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/the-americans-are-doing-nothing-us-abandons-australia-over-chinese-warship-catastrophe/news-story/3d199d2b24e817240520c9c13d5bda3c