China's first aircraft carrier 'starts sea trials'

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Originally Posted by ford man xf

No way, the US still has the might and technology, it just won't be as influential as in previous times, the US would not sit on its hands if Australia needed assistance. We need the US as an ally like you wouldn't believe, they are the ones that spend the mega amounts of money and Australia gets to sleep soundly at night, if we did not have the USA's backing I don't even want to think about how much more money Australia would have to increase on military spending.

thats it, for all its short comings no other country has even close to the military power or reach of the yanks yet. to be their ally is imho a massive deterrent in itself.