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Team <<Australia>> as led by Morrison thinks of Aussie red line as 3,200+ km away
My passing observation, one word, 'Ambitious'
... especially that Team China as led by the Core Comrade, thinks of defence as a whole lot of kilometres and done remotely, what the military types term, 'beyond the horizon', and can actually already do 'it'
A sampler from recent news flow
(1) YJ-21 Eagle Strike hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile (as opposed to the slow and porky cruise variety) matched to the Type 055 'Destroyer' en.wikipedia.org (not a cruiser but larger than a cruiser, for Team China as you noted has sense of humour) navalnews.com
The Chinese PLA Navy for the first time showed footage of the launch of a new hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile from a Project 055 destroyer. pic.twitter.com/Tdb6cz3UNR
Range 5,000 nautical miles (9,000 kilometres) - a coincidence, as distance from China to the Solomons is 8,000 kilometres.
(3) Another coincidence, that the YJ-21 has a range of 1,500 km, not enough to reach Australia from the Solomons, unless the Team Aussie ships come out to play, and assuming Team China planes are not dispatched thedrive.com whilst carrying either the YJ-21 or the DF-21D welcome bouquet
(4) The Pacific 'Ocean' is rapidly evolving into the Tranquil Lake, and with AI-enhanced underwater greatwall continuing to be rolled out, traffic policing shall become much easier en.wikipedia.org
(5) Should the DF-21 lack sufficient range to keep peace, the DF-26 might do, w/ range of 5,000 km
and should DF-26 come up short, DF-27, under test, can do harbour policing, etc etc
bottom line, unclear what Team Australia has in mind to disturb the peace against its largest customer
