AUKUS

To keep us safe there has to be equal distribution of nuclear power and that includes subs with nuclear capabilities.

Well, that's one way of looking at it.

Nuclear expansion hasn't been de rigeur for quite a while, in case you hadn't noticed.

Nothing to do with Tories, a lot to do with common sense. But a desire to see anybody who disagrees with you politically as being anti-Tory and pro-EU is very comfortable, I suppose. And naïve.

Nope Aleg allied nuclear subs ( the US, and the UK and Australia) will have more than China ( not sure, but imagine the numbers the US have are roughly the same as China so far.)

? you are an SNP supporter Aleg so bound to disagree, and are pro EU, so are hardly going to agree on much politically, but I had thought that even you would see the sense of AUKUS.

Bit of a comprehension issue here, I suspect.

Number of nuclear subs Australia currently have - 0

Number of nuclear subs China currently have - 14

Number of nuclear subs Russia currently have - 45

Number of nuclear subs the US currently have - 72.

Number of nuclear subs the UK have - 11

Australia's one or two won't matter any more than a gnat's bite to the Chinese. Send one or two of the US ones over to the China Sea if we have to. This is to make the Aussies feel important, that's all.

lemongrove

? you are an SNP supporter Aleg so bound to disagree, and are pro EU, so are hardly going to agree on much politically, but I had thought that even you would see the sense of AUKUS.

SNP supporter ???

Yes, that makes all my views on everything else completely invalid. ??

If you say so Aleg ?

My comment was that we don’t have any political common ground.

Is there a Scottish variant of Godwin's Law?

Alegrias1

Bit of a comprehension issue here, I suspect.

Number of nuclear subs Australia currently have - 0

Number of nuclear subs China currently have - 14

Number of nuclear subs Russia currently have - 45

Number of nuclear subs the US currently have - 72.

Number of nuclear subs the UK have - 11

Australia's one or two won't matter any more than a gnat's bite to the Chinese. Send one or two of the US ones over to the China Sea if we have to. This is to make the Aussies feel important, that's all.

Wrong numbers there Aleg go and google again.
The US have less than 20 subs with nuclear missile capabilities (Trident)
( according to two sources) although they have many subs.
We have 6.Perhaps we will all have to google again as it does depend where you look.?
Whatever the ‘true’ numbers Australia feel they need them and have asked for help to make them and we and the US are happy to, it’s a great deal for us!

Interesting discussion.

Maybe they were keeping them secret from the writers of the pages you were looking at. Probably an SNP plot.

A nuclear submarine is powered by nuclear fusion

Calling a submarine nuclear does not mean that they are all armed with nuclear warheads.

FannyCornforth

Better than USUKA!

Is no one going to laugh at my joke?

USUKA - you sucker!! Geddit?!

Oh never mind.
Don’t give up the day job, Fanny…

Alegrias1

I'll just repeat what I heard Farage say about this last night on the Channel That Must Not Be Named.

That our real friends in the world all speak English.

We've gone backwards, but never mind, the alliance to stick it to the foreigners has got a good name.

He didn’t say that did he ? ?

FannyCornforth

FannyCornforth

Better than USUKA!

Is no one going to laugh at my joke?

USUKA - you sucker!! Geddit?!

Oh never mind.
Don’t give up the day job, Fanny…

I found it rather amusing, FannyCornforth

FannyCornforth

But wasn’t it awful when Biden forgot Morrison’s name?

Everyone forgets his name, even Australians because he's universally known as ScoMo!

GrannyGravy13

A nuclear submarine is powered by nuclear fusion

Calling a submarine nuclear does not mean that they are all armed with nuclear warheads.

Exactly!
The US have some subs ( they are all nuclear) that carry ballistic missiles, but they don’t have 72 of them!
Who knows how many China actually have, we only know the amount that they admit to.

If China is seen as a threat in the South Pacific (and anyone who has travelled there will note that their presence has increased) why on earth did the Queensland Premier lease an Australian island to a Chinese company which is now erecting fences and stopped Australians accessing national parkland and property?
www.news.com.au/finance/business/mp-george-christensen-slams-annastacia-palaszczuk-over-leasing-of-keswick-island-to-china-company/news-story/b195f538ef8a35f4dd55eff5ad0fd7f4

The increasingly unpopular Annastacia Palaszczuk and her government make some very bizarre decisions.

Lucca

Alegrias1

I'll just repeat what I heard Farage say about this last night on the Channel That Must Not Be Named.

That our real friends in the world all speak English.

We've gone backwards, but never mind, the alliance to stick it to the foreigners has got a good name.

He didn’t say that did he ? ?

Yes he did Lucca. I put it on for a few minutes - know thine enemy and all that - but had to switch off after that. About 7:30 pm on Wednesday night.

Alegrias1

I'll just repeat what I heard Farage say about this last night on the Channel That Must Not Be Named.

That our real friends in the world all speak English.

We've gone backwards, but never mind, the alliance to stick it to the foreigners has got a good name.

Hah! Is that the same English, which is basically a Germanic dialect? Before those pesky French came along and introduced loads of other words.

Alegrias1

^To keep us safe there has to be equal distribution of nuclear power and that includes subs with nuclear capabilities.^

Well, that's one way of looking at it.

Nuclear expansion hasn't been de rigeur for quite a while, in case you hadn't noticed.

Nothing to do with Tories, a lot to do with common sense. But a desire to see anybody who disagrees with you politically as being anti-Tory and pro-EU is very comfortable, I suppose. And naïve.

Sounds like we should all start carrying guns too.
After all, america does it. Can’t let them take over.

A nuclear submarine is powered by nuclear fusion.

Really? Has anyone told the UKAEA?

They are powered by nuclear fission.

Apologies for typo fission obviously not fusion.

That's ok!
(But quite important - your punishment is to be helicoptered out to HMS Vigil.)

Callistemon

That's ok!
(But quite important - your punishment is to be helicoptered out to HMS Vigil.)

I couldn’t even get to the lower decks of HMS Belfast or the Royal Yacht Britannia without feeling uncomfortable