So Targan, ready for T2k for real in your own backyard?

[Targan]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

Targan, it certainly would make the scenario more interesting if the Chinese were involved alongside the Russians but no, it's just the Daily Mail doing their usual thing i.e. not checking the facts/providing accurate info.

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. So all four vessels are Russian, but the Daily Mail used a stock photo of a Chinese vessel for their article? Sloppy editorial practice.

[Olefin]

Got to love Putin's choice of ships - the Australians could sink those four without working up a sweat - not exactly the Spanish Armada are they

[jester]

Hey! Didn't the ruskies say that one of the reasons was to evacuate Putin if he needed it. After all we all know Oz is one of the most unstable countries in the region....or was it your PMs statement of "Fronting" the threat is there

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Maybe dear old Vlad doesn't trust us because of all those years we were shooting down civilian aircraft, assassinating dissidents, funding and training freedom fighters, guerillas, terrorists, bandits and various other assorted troublemakers...
Oh hang on a sec... that was THEM, not us!