23 million Australians at risk of nuclear attack

Politics Oblada 24.09.2021 3 714 2

During an Australian TV primetime segment this week, the well-known China-based expert Victor Gao, who is vice president of the Center for China and Globalization and once served as communist leader Deng Xiaoping's translator, issued a chilling scenario and shock to his Aussie audience over the controversial AUKUS defense pact between the US, Australia and the UK.

Gao bluntly warned that the deal which will see Washington give Canberra nuclear submarine technology now makes all of Australia a target for nuclear strike:

"The watershed moment will be if Australia is armed with nuclear submarines to be locally produced in Australia, Australia will lose that privilege of not being targeted with nuclear weapons by other countries," Gao warned.


He then appealed to the "23 million Australians" who will now live with this anxiety if the deal is completed in the coming years over "possible nuclear war" on their doorstep and over their cities.

Gao posed that the stakes are incredibly high: "And that should be the wake up call for the Australians - the 23 million Australians. Do you really want to be a target in a possible nuclear war? Or do you want to be free from the 'nuclear menace' going forward?"

Of course the subtext, almost unbelievably, is that Beijing is declaring that Australia will become fair game for nuclear first strike. The incredulous ABC Australia news host then questioned back at him: "It is extraordinary that you're talking about nuclear war and attacks on Australia," the anchor said.

The questioning then turned to whether what Gao was saying reflects the position of Chinese government, to which he responded...

Listen, as a general policy Australia is not targeted with nuclear warheads right now... now if the Australian government wants to... go nuclear, with nuclear submarines, they will lose that privilege of not being targeted with nuclear warheads going forward. It's as simple as that... this is the most profound consequence.

He charged that it's a "gross violation" of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty by the US and UK, underscoring the "consequences" of this for Australia.

The ABC host questioned directly, "Are you saying that Australia will be targeted by China? Are you warning that Australia now is under threat?"

Gao that repeated that his words have been "clear" - reiterating that China will see Australia as in breach of having a nuclear free zone and that this will carry with it profound consequences. He then repeated his "thinly-veiled threat that the AUKUS pact announced last week was a 'gross violation of international law' that will have 'profound consequences' for 'brainless' Aussies."

I have to share last night’s ABC interview with China’s Victor Gao as a sample of the current zeitgeist in this region. It is worth a watch in its entirety if you don’t live in the region: imagine if this was your prime-time TV slot last night.

Gao was emphatic about Australia being "logically" targeted for a potential nuclear attack because it wants nuclear-powered submarines. Notably, he is correct in saying this threat is clear strategic logic. Yet geostrategists would point out that Australia wanting such subs is also clear strategic logic – of the need for a balance of power and deterrence against any threats.

Also recall, this is happening as China lobbies Australia to support its entry into the CPTPP trade partnership - which would of course help Beijing prop up those soon-to-be-needed-even-more trade surpluses, structurally.

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3 comments

  1. Bob Valdez 24 сентября 2021 в 05:30

    In line with the Collins class submarine debarcle here in Austyralia, it is likely that Australia couldn't build ONE nuclear powered submarine here without a major nuclear disaster happening and with cost blow-outs in the BILLIONS. We would be far better off investing those wasted billions in building closed loop nuclear power plants to replace the aging and soon to be shuttered coal fired plants. Instead, we will be forced to rely on daylight only solar and useless 'wind farms'. Ask South Australia how well that worked for them several years ago.


    1. Norman 24 сентября 2021 в 07:22

      You are probably right


  2. Eddy 26 сентября 2021 в 06:04

    I understand China's position on this issue and they need for them, to exagerate any threat coming from this program. BUT, seriously to claim Australia would now have a target on it's back as a direct result of it aquiring nuclear subs is to put it mildly, far fetched. I'm pretty sure this "China-based expert Victor Gao, who is vice president of the Center for China and Globalization and once served as communist leader Deng Xiaoping's translator," is very much aware of Australia's part it plays in the 5 Eyes surveilance program, and the U.S. Military Communication bases in Australia, that allow instant communications between the U.S. Military Command and it's services in the field, on land and sea and under water. These Communication systems are the Eyes and Ears of the U.S. Military Command coupled together with space born satelites allow them INSTANT communications anywhere on the planet. These systems are also top priority to communicate with U.S. Nuclear submarines anywhere on the planet. IF, these locations are not already programed into missile computers for a first strike, then the Russian and Chinese Governments and military are not half as competent as I first thought. Australia's alleged nuclear subs do nothing to change that target aquisition.


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