[With the UK? The UK is going to fight China? They couldn’t even repeat the Falklands war. The Indian Navy and Japanese navies are far more powerful than the British navy that surrenders within sight of it’s own warships. And they are going to do it from across the planet? LOL
China would wipe them out in an afternoon.]
Aussies will do fine using the latest American gear against China’s mountains of balky junk. As a member of ABCA Armies and the Five Eyes, Australia will get up to the minute updates on Chinese troop movements based on the the best sigint Uncle Sam can muster up. Besides, Aussies don’t need to beat China - they just have to hold it off long enough for the US cavalry to show up.
A lot of fan fiction to unpack there. The Russian Navy is simply proving the old naval dictum that ships must NEVER dual with shore based guns, updated to missiles of course.
The main Russian navy bases are within range of British navy missiles run by American targeting.
In an actual open war between China and the west, Chinese space and missile capability will take out sigint satellites, sea cables and com links on day one. Pine Gap would be gone.
And wait for the US Cavalry to ride to the rescue? You think the US military trannies and woke are ready for a land war with China?
This isn’t WWII where convoys would load and sail.