Australia spends huge amounts of money to expand its military force at sea to cooperate with the US strategy to suppress China

Original title: Australia spends huge amount of money to expand its military force at sea to cope with the "Asia-Pacific Rebalancing" strategy to suppress China

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Australian Prime Minister Abbott announced a "historic" national defense plan on the 4th, intending to spend 89 billion Australian dollars (about 400 billion yuan) to build an Australian surface warship and submarine fleet. Chinese military experts Li Jie said in an interview with Global Times Big Blue reporter on the 5th that Australia's move is to cooperate with the United States' "Asia-Pacific rebalancing" strategy to achieve the goal of suppressing China.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia on the 4th, Abbott announced a new shipbuilding plan in Adelaide on the same day, planning to spend 40 billion Australian dollars to build new frigates and offshore combat ships. In addition, he is preparing to spend 49 billion Australian dollars to purchase a batch of them. Submarines, currently, France, Germany and Japanese companies are competing for this big order. Zhang Junshe, a researcher at the Chinese Navy Military Academic Research Institute, said in an interview with the Global Times Big Eight reporter on the 5th that Australia's submarine purchase plan is very large. Submarines are related to the strength of the country's naval force. The key weapon, which has a long survival time and strong attack power, can play a great role in future wars, such as blocking maritime traffic routes from other countries and attacking maritime trade. Zhang Junshe believes that Germany, France and Japan are competing for Australia now. The United States should hope that Japanese companies will win because Japan is better controlled than other countries, and Japan and Australia are regarded as the "north and south double anchors" of the US Asia-Pacific strategy. The United States naturally hopes that its two Asia-Pacific assistants can be strengthened. Contact and cooperation. Zhang Junshe believes that Japan's conventional power submarines have advantages. For example, the Canglong-class submarine has a displacement of 4,000 tons, which is obvious compared to conventional power submarines with a displacement of only 2,000 tons. In addition, the United States is matching, Japan There is a high possibility of getting an order.

Li Jie said that Australia's plan is aimed at China. Australia wants to play a core role in important waters in the southern section of the first island chain and strengthen control over the South China Sea area so that it can play the role of "two masters" in the region, while the United States We can use this to withdraw from the second island chain. However, Australia's current military strength is insufficient, so we must speed up the purchase of weapons and equipment and military training, which is why we have a huge investment plan to expand the army. Previously, experts had asked the Global Times to be bigger than reporters. When introducing Australia's role in clamping China, it said that Australia is responsible for blocking the first island chain from the southern end of Taiwan, to the Philippine Islands, Indonesian Islands, and to the southern section of the Max 66 Strait. In this section, the Philippines' military strength is not good. , it is necessary to rely on Australia to block the Bashi Strait, Balintang Strait, and Babuyan Strait to hinder the passage of China's naval and air forces. Japan is responsible for the northern section of the first island chain, namely, Taiwan's northward, Okinawa, and all strait channels in the Japanese archipelago.

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