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12-12-2022, 03:40 PM
Matthew Knott
December 12, 2022 — 12.15am
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While acknowledging that securing a squadron of B-21 bombers would be costly and controversial, respected military analyst Marcus Hellyer said the aircraft’s potential to reach as far as mainland China from Australia would make it a highly attractive asset for the Australian Defence Force.
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Among the B-21’s detractors are Australian National University emeritus professor Hugh White, who has argued they “make little or no operational sense for Australia”.
Retired major general Mick Ryan recently wrote in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age: “Designed to do only one thing – bomb China – the B-21 bomber is a capability beyond Australia’s budget and needs.”
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/...5c5bp.html
December 12, 2022 — 12.15am
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While acknowledging that securing a squadron of B-21 bombers would be costly and controversial, respected military analyst Marcus Hellyer said the aircraft’s potential to reach as far as mainland China from Australia would make it a highly attractive asset for the Australian Defence Force.
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Among the B-21’s detractors are Australian National University emeritus professor Hugh White, who has argued they “make little or no operational sense for Australia”.
Retired major general Mick Ryan recently wrote in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age: “Designed to do only one thing – bomb China – the B-21 bomber is a capability beyond Australia’s budget and needs.”
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/...5c5bp.html
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