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With Chinese hypersonic weapons and fortified bases in the South China Sea, the vast ocean buffer that kept Australia safe for generations is officially dead. A stark assessment by the Lowy Institute, an independent Australian think thank reveals that Beijing now possesses the definitive capability to launch conventional missile strikes directly onto the Australian mainland. Over the next decade, this direct threat will expand exponentially as China rolls out more DF-27 intermediate-range ballistic missiles alongside conventionally armed ICBMs deployed on advanced warships and submarines operating near Australian waters. However, a sudden rain of missiles is only the most visible part of a broader strategy to paralyze the nation. Australia faces far more immediate, invisible dangers that could easily cripple daily life without a single explosion. The most pressing vulnerabilities involve catastrophic cyber attacks on critical domestic infrastructure, the strategic severing of vital undersea communications cables, and the military blockade of the maritime trade lanes that keep the economy alive. Australia's political leadership has quietly scrambled to adapt, but officials remain deeply hesitant to stoke public alarm. While the government has pivoted its defense strategy toward northern maritime approaches and secured long-range strike capabilities through the AUKUS submarine pact, it has consistently avoided openly discussing direct homeland attacks. No official government statement has been released in response to these latest tactical developments yet. But the brutal reality is undeniable: the geographic shield is gone, and the country is now directly in the crosshairs. #Australia #China #DefenseStrategy #NationalSecurity #DF27 #AUKUS #IndoPacific #Geopolitics
China is capable of a direct missile strike on Australia as Beijing amasses long-range and hypersonic weapons and builds islands in the South China Sea, an Australian think tank said on Sunday. ebx.sh/OsqmVf
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To give you an order of comparison, that's as if someone started claiming Latin Americans are merely Hispanised Natives (below is a frequency map for R-DF27, the main branch of R-P312 in Iberia).
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Replying to @acuriocabinet
I am posting this because you are so wrong. And maybe it will help you to always dig deeper. See: Portugal is independent and never truly challenged by the "spanishes" because 4400 years ago at the genetic turnover all Spanish became "sons" of the Z-195 (DF-27/Z195) but not the Portuguese that descendants from the "father" the DF27. So, for 4400 years they recognized that beyond those mountains and rivers rule those from there. Not at all arbitrary! Learned something?
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This is an old news, China has solved the technology of ballistic missiles hitting surface ships 6 years ago, DF21D has been tested many times on the track in the desert, and finally sunk a 10,000-ton target ship at sea. And now DF26, DF17, and DF27 all have this capability.
🇺🇸🇨🇳 BREAKING: Chinese PLA Scientists Propose Plan to Destroy U.S. Carrier Groups from 3,000km Away Chinese military researchers have outlined a strategy to target and potentially neutralize U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups from distances of up to 3,000 kilometers, leveraging advanced missile swarm tactics and long range strike coordination. The study highlights how modern warfare dynamics are shifting, with distance no longer guaranteeing safety as missile range, targeting systems, and coordinated strike networks continue to evolve. Source: SCMP
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𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐏 🏆2026プレナスなでしこリーグ2部 第14節 🆚 FCふじざくら山梨 (観戦無料) 📅2026年6月13日(土) ⌚14:00 KICK OFF 🏟️スピアーズえどりくフィールド (東京・江戸川区) ▽𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 Ⅺ GK21 #福田まい DF33 #高野彩音 DF27 #町田朱里 DF2 #中山友菜 DF28 #中村ひかる MF8 #菅野永遠 MF34 #下山莉子 MF30 #柴山史菜 MF18 #呉娟花 MF20 #町田実香 FW7 #石倉花純 監督 #松本彰 ▽𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗦 GK31 #五十嵐憂美 DF4 #人見のどか DF13 #松本歩音 MF22 #井上眞椰 FW9 #高橋菜々香 FW17 #渡辺渚々美 FW24 #堀井綾乃
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Hoy no se usan frecuencias de linajes para estimar mezcla genética de una población. Se puede tener R1b-DF27 y ser 100% genéticamente africano. El haplogrupo R1b proviene de Medio Oriente. Mejor no hables de lo que no entiendes.
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La genética ha progresado tanto desde 2007 que hoy sabemos con precisión milimétrica que el R1b-DF27 es un linaje 100% europeo occidental prehistórico. Te duele quedarte sin argumentos con los subclados y ahora te duele la cronología. Vuelve a clase.
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Imagínate ser tan analfabeto genético como para creer que el R1b-DF27 tiene algo que ver con el norte de África. El DF27 es un subclado europeo occidental derivado del M269 (las estepas). Estudia un poco y deja la IA, campeón.
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Its wrong to make this distinction between "Celtic and native Bell Beaker". Its pure Anglo propaganda that repeats this. DF27, I'm sure you know, is also part of the R1B-P312 group, its the CeltIberian branch of P312, with L21 being the Insular representation of P312.
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DF27 is also present in Britain to a lesser extent coming from Celtic migrations Britain and Ireland did have large Celtic migration but they are still ~70% native Bell Beaker
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R-P312 is an old and broad haplogroup that encompasses Italics, Celts and Germanics, it isnt necessarily Celtic. Iberians and Brits have 2 different haplogroups, Brits are R-L21 which arrived with native Beakers Iberians are R-DF27 which is more associated with Celts
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GolatanusU152 retweeted
The Patterson et al. paper identified seven DF27 individuals from East Yorkshire Iron Age burials, associated with the Arras culture. Six of them appear to be ZZ19 (the seventh BY11969.) sites.google.com/site/rox2cl…
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Paul Fagan retweeted
Most Irish R1b y-dna is R1b-L21 but you do get some R1b-DF27, particularly in the Golden Vale in Tipperary and also in County Antrim. You also find it in some ancient burial sites in Ireland. It would be interesting to explore its origins.
Haplogroups of Iron Age Britain (Cassidy, 2025) What is important to note is that R1b-DF27, associated most with southern France and Iberia, is just as represented as r1b-U152, linked of Urnfield & Hallstatt. Additionally, I2-L1195 is a Neolithic British haplogroup, but I2-L160 is specific to Southern Europe, such as Sardinia, and Iberia. G2a is also linked to Hallstatt, but is not found (so far) among Urnfield samples. This shows a diverse assemblage that reflects some central European and Atlantic European influences and migration, but not a dramatic change. Presumably there was also migration which is masked because it came from people who shared the R1b-L21, but that would further reinforce the Atlantic connection.
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Arnaud Carrasco retweeted
Haplogroups of Iron Age Britain (Cassidy, 2025) What is important to note is that R1b-DF27, associated most with southern France and Iberia, is just as represented as r1b-U152, linked of Urnfield & Hallstatt. Additionally, I2-L1195 is a Neolithic British haplogroup, but I2-L160 is specific to Southern Europe, such as Sardinia, and Iberia. G2a is also linked to Hallstatt, but is not found (so far) among Urnfield samples. This shows a diverse assemblage that reflects some central European and Atlantic European influences and migration, but not a dramatic change. Presumably there was also migration which is masked because it came from people who shared the R1b-L21, but that would further reinforce the Atlantic connection.
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Replying to @FortressLugh
It would be unsurprising if R-U152 and R-DF27 were in Britain due to the tin and bronze trade.
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