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Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whike this is for Finland I often wonder why Australia doesn't do such a thing? (That's not an argument for or against doing it but a genuine question)

If the LNP/ALP are so concered about an invasion by China that they'll bankrupt the nation to buy a few token nuclear submarines.it seems beyond bizzare to me that the sort of preparedness in the article is not prioritised as well? Or is it becase the submarine thing is all dick waving and posturing for votes and has little to do with actual national defence ?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Welll

Finland has compulsory service, we don't. Good luck trying to implement that
a war with china will be very different to what finland are facing. We don't share any land paths with anyone, there's a reason why we were the last continent to be (semi) heavily populated. Invasions for us mean air and sea.
the specific virginia class submarine schmozzle was probably corrupt as hell and fuck morrison for cancelling the french contract