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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
We don't have any real need for an amphibious assault force and to be brutal, in this day and age unless we actually had the numbers that the USMC has, this group will get slaughtered trying to conduct any sort of opposed beach landing. We'd probably be okay as long as we just attack beaches belonging to Third World nations
When's the last time a real opposed amphibious action was carried out? How many personnel did they need to achieve it? How many naval vessels were required to support the action?
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I can't see Australia or any other country mounting a major amphibious operation against anybody in the future, although the US has the capabiity to do so. But there is a lot of coastline around Australia and a lot of large and small islands around it, and I think the Aussies might be a bit jittery about how they were a bit dependent on American forces in East Timor a few years ago, and also how much amphib capacity Indonesia has, which is its only realistic rival in the south Pacific.