Bobby. wrote on Oct 28
th, 2018 at 2:27pm:
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Golden rule -
never underestimate your opponent -
we learnt that from Pearl Harbor.
No, the Americans learnt that. We weren't at Pearl Harbor, Bobby. We weren't caught by surprise by the Japanese attack at Kota Bharu. The RAAF dropped the first bombs on the Japanese attack craft on 8 December 1941 - the same day as Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Quote:What about the Chinese?
They are more capable that the Indonesians.
The Chinese do not represent a threat, Bobby.
Why would they attack us when we are quite willing to sell anything they want to buy from us?
They are significantly further away than Indonesia and before they could attack Australia they would need to either attack and conquer Indonesia or negotiate free passage through the archipelago.
They would need to significantly step up and change their production of landing ships, landing craft and train their large number of men in amphibious operations, Bobby.
No, China does not represent a threat to Australia - except through our alliance with the US.