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The speakers suggest that these hardliners would need to persuade the U.S. government to adopt a more aggressive stance—deploying nuclear submarines in a potential Taiwan crisis—before pressuring allies like Australia to follow suit. This introduces a level of uncertainty around future military responses and alliance commitments. The process of policy reassessment and internal debate is ongoing, with no clear consensus yet on how aggressively the U.S. might act in a Taiwan conflict scenario involving nuclear deployment.