The Australian government has recently been very arrogant towards China. Morrison not only asked China to apologize for the "cartoon incident", but also went to the WTO to accuse China of violating the so-called trade agreement. On December 1, Australian Defense Minister Linda Reynolds issued a statement saying that Australia and the United States will strengthen cooperation to jointly develop hypersonic cruise missiles against China and Russia, which are also developing similar weapons.
No wonder Australia has been so arrogant these days. It turned out that the Pentagon has urged them to work together on a "big plan" to unite against China and Russia. After the news of the joint development of a hypersonic cruise missile by the United States and Australia came out, the Australian media were extremely excited. They also wrote an article that the United States Navy will reorganize the "First Fleet" that has disappeared for many years. Directly at China.
Although Trump’s term of office is only a few weeks away, US Secretary of the Navy Braithwaite announced that he will lead the rebuilding of the US Navy’s First Fleet, which will send more warships and sailors to Southeast Asian waters. Go west to the Indian Ocean and take the Strait of Malacca into the bag.
Hearing Braithwaite’s remarks, Morrison was very happy. They believed that the arrival of US warships in the Asia-Pacific region could better protect Australia’s security. What excites the Australian government most is that the United States is finally about to jointly develop a hypersonic cruise missile with them. Australia believes that once the two countries develop such hypersonic weapons, Australia will successfully join the world hypersonic weapons club.
But in fact, the reason why the United States cooperates with Australia is because they are interested in Australian investment and Australia’s geographic location. Even if the two sides jointly develop a hypersonic weapon, it is the core production technology of the American controller. Australia wants to use it, but the United States will certainly not provide it for free. In addition, people familiar with the matter said that it will take at least 10 years for the U.S. Navy to form a brand-new first fleet, and at least 5 years for the formation of a mixed fleet by means of extraction. According to Braithwaite's plan, the First Fleet will become the largest fleet of the US Navy, but with such a large fleet, it is difficult to solve the problems of supply and maintenance. The only country in Southeast Asia that has this level of supply and maintenance conditions is Singapore. However, the Singapore government directly poured cold water on the US and expressed its unwillingness to cooperate.
As for Australia, it has been acting as the anti-China vanguard of the United States recently. The Morrison administration is very likely to give the US Navy the green light and promise to provide them with ports and supplies. But all countries in the world know that no matter which country provides a port for the so-called "First Fleet" of the United States, this country will immediately stand on the opposite side of China.
During the 2008 economic crisis, Australia was the only western developed country that did not experience a large-scale recession. The reason why they can withstand this shock is mainly due to the many years of economic and trade cooperation between China and Australia. But now, Australia's politicians have been a little bit misplaced. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian government has adopted a series of wrong policies towards China, which have already made them pay for their stupid behavior.
From the perspective of economic structure, Australia has always been an export-oriented economy, and its dependence on the international market is as high as 90%. Once the domestic pillar enterprises are affected by the international environment, the Australian economy will suffer a heavy blow. After the Australian government has performed a series of "magic" operations against China, their economic losses will reach more than 230 billion yuan in 2020. Will the United States compensate them for this amount of money?
On December 3, local time, the Australian Parliament passed another bill that gave the federal government the power to veto any agreement reached between state governments and other countries. The Australian side certainly stated that this bill does not target any country, but analysts generally believe that they are targeting China.
Weapon research and development cooperation, strengthening US-Australia military ties, and formulating policies toward China. Australia is going further and further on the road of anti-China, and the price they pay will be painful.
