Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden

Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by Armisael16 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:35PM (#28687819)

Article 5 only applies to attacks in Europe or North America. The SCS is definitely in neither.

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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by AlexAndScripts on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:02PM (#28688038)

Fair, though in practice they would join in anyway - China would be going for them next. Better to fight with the US than alone.

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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by sudosysgen on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:49AM (#28695335)

Presumably the US would find itself in such a situation because it tried to stop the invasion of Taiwan. China will never have the interest or capabilities of going after Europe.

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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by throwawaycuriou on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:08PM (#28688077)

Interesting. Edge case: if French Guyana (off the north side of South America but considered part of France and the European Union) is the victim of an attack by some means, are NATO members obliged to act in its defense?

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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by Armisael16 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:27PM (#28688231)

No. The same is true of New Caledonia (most of overseas France, actually).

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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by addaon on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:44PM (#28689132)

Nor the Falkland Islands, which is probably a more likely (although still unlikely) trouble spot.

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Re:Hypersonic HAWC missile flies, but details are kept hidden by throwaway210222 on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:39PM (#28687853)

Fair point. 2/3 of the armada (modulo dry dock) is still coming to the fight.

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