Email 7.30 By Stan Grant Updated January 21, 2017 00:10:14 Video: Australia in firing line if US and China go to war, experts say (7.30) Related Story: Keating says Tillerson threatening to involve Australia in war over South China Sea Map: Australia The South China Sea sits about 5,000 kilometres from Australia. That puts us in the firing line of a war between the United States and China.If a major global conflict erupted many observers believe it will happen right there in Australia’s backyard.”The South China Sea is definitely a flashpoint because it is the area where we might find US aircraft and warships actually clashing with Chinese aircraft and warships and the possibility of an unintended shoot down of an aircraft or sinking of a ship I think is quite high,” said Peter Jennings, of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.The area is a key fault line, a global trade route and a hotbed of disputed territory heightened by an escalating military presence. China has been accused of militarising the region, building air strips and artificially expanding islands.In his confirmation hearing, Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, put China on notice.”We are going to have to send… Read full this story
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