[HN Gopher] Australia, the US and UK to announce landmark new de...
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       Australia, the US and UK to announce landmark new defence pact
        
       Author : robbiep
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-09-15 20:47 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.smh.com.au)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.smh.com.au)
        
       | irrational wrote:
       | > the US would help Australia develop a nuclear submarine
       | capability
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       | I wonder what help means? Is the US building the subs and turning
       | them over to Australia, are they giving them plans and specs so
       | they can build them themselves, or something in between?
        
         | seanalltogether wrote:
         | Probably - "We'll allow you to buy 20 billion worth of
         | submarines from our contractors if you guarantee our purchase
         | of 20 billion worth of raw mining materials"
        
       | gghhzzgghhzz wrote:
       | Another scam to funnel public money to US arms manufacturers
        
       | locusm wrote:
       | Unlikely this would have happened had it not been for the
       | perceived Chinese threat.
        
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