I didnt start you, you started yourself and did a quarter mile in under 10. But its good.. To know whose side you're on You have any comments on the Philippines issue on the original post or are you just an Aussie hunter?
Apologies Just that the Philippines is more Australia's Sphere of Influence than it should be You might even get Vietnam to join your defense group. Not hunting anyone. Just supporting, not again.
No problem. We havent heard much if anything from the countries laying claim. The large northern Tiger is a fearsome country. The compounding problem is the quantity of trade going through that route. If we had a NATO style collection of countries in the south east Asia area things might be different but there isnt the interest. Pity.
You'd be wrong. Very wrong. China has hundreds & hundreds of warships. Many are smaller coastal types, but it includes over 70 submarines & dozens of frigates, corvettes and destroyers plus support ships. China churns out new warships at an impressive rate and is getting better at producing larger ships. They plan to use these to claim pretty much the entire Sth China Sea, project sea power across the Indian & pacific oceans and eventually invade Taiwan. Not to be underestimated.
Which wars did the British Empire and Roman Empire "not sit out" where they had any realistic option to do so?