[DesertRhino]

2.5 million Chinese ground forces, including reserves. Australia 42k.
Chinese Air Force has 2500 fighters, the Aussies have 100.
And then compare missiles and nukes? Forget about it.

They would get utterly obliterated. This isn’t something that bravado of the WWI and II Aussie era can even come close to overcoming.

[nickcarraway]

On paper, yes, but look at history. China has never been good at projecting it’s power outside it’s borders.

[Zhang Fei]

[2.5 million Chinese ground forces, including reserves. Australia 42k.
Chinese Air Force has 2500 fighters, the Aussies have 100.
And then compare missiles and nukes? Forget about it.

They would get utterly obliterated. This isn’t something that bravado of the WWI and II Aussie era can even come close to overcoming.]

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Australia falls under the US nuclear umbrella. The Chinese will launch nukes at Australia only if they think their own physical extinction is a fair trade for the erasure of Australia’s population.