O money in the offshore expansion in line with United States strategic control in China

Original title: o money in the offshore expansion to complement the "Asia-Pacific rebalancing" strategic control in China

"Global times reported," Australia's Prime Minister 4th, Abbott announced a new "historic" national defense plan, spent 89 billion Australian dollars (about 400 billion yuan) to build Australia surface warship and submarine fleets. Global times, a Chinese military expert Li 5th journalist said in an interview, Australia was in line with United States "regional balance" strategy in order to achieve the objective of silencing China.

According to Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, 4th, Abbott announced in Adelaide on the day a new shipbuilding plan, plans to spend $ 40 billion to build new frigates and offshore warships. In addition, ready to spend 49 billion Australian dollars purchasing a number of submarines, currently, France, and Germany and Japan business is compete for big orders. 5th China naval military academic research fellow Zhang told the newspaper reporters, Australia is a huge submarine purchase plan. Submarine is a key weapons of the National Navy, its long, lasts, can play a big role in future wars, such as blocking other traffic, sea trade by sea. Zhang believes that now compete in Germany, France and Japan Australia submarine, United States should hope Japan enterprise WINS because Japan better controlled than in other countries, and Japan and Australia were seen as United States Asia-Pacific strategy of the "North-South both anchors", United States naturally want it two Asia-Pacific Assistant can strengthen their ties and cooperation. Zhang believes that Japan comparison of conventionally-powered submarine which has many advantages, such as Black Dragon-class submarine, the displacement up to 4000 tons, compared with only 2000 tons for conventional submarine displacement advantage, together with United States match, Japan Gets orders more likely.

Li said Australia's plan is aimed at China. O in the southern section of the first island chain important seas play a central role, strengthening the control of the South China Sea, so that he could play in the area of "two masters" role, while the United States can take the exit to the second island chain. However, Australia's current military is insufficient must therefore speed up the weapons and equipment purchases, as well as military training, which is now heavily in expansion plans. Has been an expert on the global times reporters on Australia to rein in China's role, said Australia is responsible for the blockade of the first island chain from Taiwan's southern tip, to the Philippine Islands, the islands of Indonesia, and to the South of the Straits of Malacca. In this paragraph, the Philippine military power not, rely on o plug the Bashi Channel, Bahrain Tang Strait, the Babuyan channel, adopted by Chinese naval and air forces. Japan is responsible for the first island chain North of, namely, Taiwan, Okinawa, to the North Japan island chain all channel channel.