In a show of force, Geraldton has announced that China isn’t the only one with a little maritime hardware in these seas and deployed WA’s most elite submarine.
The Yellow Submarine will not be the aggressor. Rather act like a burly bouncer on the door of a Gero nightspot. Basically, its presence alone should deter any funny business the Chinese might engage in.
Naturally, some of the top brass in Australia consider the move to be fraught with danger. With a Australian Navy insider telling The Times,
“Our great fear is that IF the Chinese are able to detect such an elite vessel, they may take its presence along as a threat. I know we would. Hopefully Geraldton doesn’t go full Gero and provoke a conflict. Which frankly, is in its wheelhouse”
However, Geraldton has responded by stating that if the Chinese warship keeps its eyes to itself there won’t be any problems. Adding,
“Do they got a staring problem? We can sort that out, meet us out the back of the harbour”
Now Gero, cool your jets. While the Chinese are no doubt testing the response by Australia, they are so far, contained to international waters and within their rights to do so.
We asked Dongara what they thought of the plan and they refused to answer. Instead, deployed some breathing exercises to calm down at the thought of Gero stealing not just their sub but now their glory.
We will have to wait to see what happens next.
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