As an Australian, I hold deep admiration and gratitude for the brave men and women who serve in the Australian Defence Force. However, the previous governments and military leaders have failed us catastrophically, leaving our country far behind where it needs to be. It is high time for a dramatic change in Australia's military situation. We cannot afford to wait any longer.

Australia isn't alone in the indo pacific. The QUAD alliance along with the ASEAN countries make a whole different picture. QUAD forces and ASEAN forces are larger and better equipped than CCP forces. Australia isn't alone in the region.

After the 2nd battle of El Alamein in Egypt, Rommel said “if I had to take hell, I’d use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it”. They can take my home over my cold dead corpse...

Australia has backed America is every conflict since ww2, we share the same goals and principles regarding human right and democratic values

Australia should invest and welcome TSMC plant to produce semiconductors down under

People have been scaremongering about China being at war with Australia my whole life. I’m 50. See you in three years

Let's all come back to this video 3 years later and prove it wrong!

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What a lot of international people dont seem to understand is just how little there actually is here in Australia. Yes, there's the green belt around the coast; and a few hundred km on the other side of the Great Dividing Ranges (NSW) where there are smaller rural and remote communities; but the majority of the country, the internal parts, some all the way to capital cities like Perth and Darwin, are just endless deserts, dry salt marshes and wastelands.

3 years is a little ambitious, considering the Chinese just found all that water in their rockets 🤣

The PLA wouldn't make it through half of the northern outback before turning back. Crossing that, with no experience in that landscape, while being constantly hounded by Aussie guerillas would be unmanageable.

If they can’t defeat the Great Emu Army, maybe they recruit the Emus.

There is a lot of ocean between China and Australia. And several countries as well that the Chinese "invasion force" would have to avoid. Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea. I had an uncle suddenly cancel plans to retire in Thailand. He suspects China will invade there first.

Even if the Aussies didn't get much respect and recognition in World War ii, you should never underestimate them because they just might surprise you.

Love the video

If Australia was directly attacked by China and especially if it were invaded, I feel the UK under Commonwealth Nations treaty would be compelled to defend one of its Commonwealth territories, similar to what happened in the Falklands conflict

One thing you haven’t considered about the ability of China to invade is the Australian country side. Good luck keeping an army operating in some of the most inhospitable land on the planet. That’s why we have the Brisbane line for defense.

australia's geography itself ensures china couldn't actually win that fight on australian home turf. so don't worry about it

Mate you forget one thing, all of those military resources China have aren't making it to Australian shores in a hurry, so they wont be a surprise attack. Australia would see them from kms away and the Anzacs would assemble around PNG with cases of VB, V and the aussie official mascot a boxing kangaroo to wait for them. By the time they eventually reach papua new guinea the Anzacs would be there waiting to greet them. Then if they make it past that first line of defense and make it to north coast they have the second line of defense to break through. If they break through that then they have eons of desert to cross and during that time they have other natural soldiers to fight, like the sun, and lots of plants and animals trying to kill them. By now lots of them have been killed by anzacs or perished from the natural soldiers. Then the bit that remains will face the aussie militia the most feared army in the southern hemishphere (the emus). And after weeks of fighting, famine and dehydration and lack of morale the chinese would be defeated and the anzacs would come out victorious before the chinese even see another city south of darwin & and cairns American or UK help not needed. Welcome to straya khuntz

War is not just people shooting things. Australia sells LOTS of quality iron ore and black coal to China, and that supply can easily be throttled back limiting the ability of China to build ships or tanks and generate electricity. During Covid China stopped taking Australian coal and due to China's high dependence on coal suffered huge electrical supply shortages nationally, and so quickly reversed that decision within a few months.... If push came to a war type shove Australia does have a few different effective triggers it could pull...

Gee, I thought it pretty obvious that China's eyeing of Taiwan - including rhetoric, military buildup, and belligerent manoevers - was primarily (A) domestic consumption, primarily to galvanize some nationalism and serve as a distraction from domestic issues (very mildly akin to Argentina during the buildup to their invasion of the Falklands), and (B) to distract international attention and resources from its true goal, which is to occupy the Asian part of a fallen Russia. Oil, other resources, not to mention water, and direct access to the Arctic - all taken without resistance - is, in the big picture, a much bigger prize than Taiwan could ever be. Ah yes, "Lebensraum with Chinese characteristics".

ANZUS treaty not worth the paper it’s written on. USA only says it MAY support Aust/NZ if invaded. We can’t depend on USA actually “showing up” in the event of war, depending upon who is in power in US.

With the Defence Pact Treaty with the Philippines other countries will join the story

You all left out some key info here. The Chips act that got signed into law will prevent China from obtaining the lithography tools needed to make the semiconducters that TSMC makes. You also left out silicon manufacturing in the USA is being ramped up thanks to the Chips act. Intel and TSMC is building new fabs here in the states that can replace Taiwan's silicon factories in a few years if needed.

CHI GOT VERY UPSET WHEN AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 PURCHASED NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMERIANS !!! THAT WAS A DEAD GIVE AWAY !!!

In the same alternative way , Chinese government tried to Shift the Global manufacturing hub from India 🇮🇳 to Brazil 🇧🇷...

so plan my Australian vacation now?

I am a Cyber Security Professional and I am currently investigating a National Security breach by a state sponsored threat actor. If anyone reading this is an Australian citizen best you ready yourselves to deal with the sleeper cells. Three years is extremely optimistic. As my colleagues at United 42 from Palalto networks say, stay vigalent and Shields up and prepare for battle

Indonesia: ‘wait, what?’

This would never happen. Not only the US Would come to Australias aid. But you would have the UK and a few more from nato. Even Japan I would see helping. China knows it wouldn’t have a chance.

Chinese police are working now with Pacific islands

Just a bit on Kym Beasleys background. He is the former Minister for Defence a former Martin Lockheed former US Ambassador and recently the Govenor of Western Australia, and the author of The Politics of Intrusion. He also worked for Martin Lockheed for some time.

I don't think the war will start with Taiwan. It will start in the South China Sea with the Philippines

I know this video isn't about the QUAD. If China invades Taiwan The countries of the Quad need semiconductors to function. It would very quickly come in to defend Taiwan, India, Japan, Australia and The US. I just added up the military spending of the QUAD countries 1.9 Trillion a year most coming from my country US.

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In this topsy turvey world that appears to be run by psychopaths, I think I might end up living on a beach in a small south pacific island some where.

The map you had of the US and Aus was a laugh. Australia was depicted as a much smaller country, Australia is almost the same size as the US

China lacks the sea lift capacity and logistical bandwidth to invade Australia. It would take a high level of cognitive dissonance to entertain this idea.

If Australia manufacturing semi conductors in Aus we allow Taiwan to come to Aus and manufactur those chips in Aus. Would the Chinese still want to invade Taiwan. Think on this. 😎

No way war,our PM Anthony Chamberlain will choose dishonour over war.

All an island nreds to do is control the sky and the sea and surveillance is critical as is torpedoes

You didn't mention the Australian elite kangaroo 🦘 riding force

the alliance between Australia and the US is entrenched deep into both our cultures. Australia has contributed troops and assets in all US conflicts since ww2, not to mention our combined efforts in the pacific during ww2. If Taiwan were attacked and the US were to enter the conflict, then us Aussies would be proud to support out US brothers. I only hope that this would never happen as it would be absolutely devastating for both sides of the conflict

Just remember the ANZAC 'S are gone you can't even get the younger generation to join the Australian Defence Force. After all the crap that's been going on in the defence forces over the last few years I can't blame them.

I dare them.

Lets get one thing straight here. Economically Australia is a lucrative country. Militarily Australia in comparison to China is 100 to 1.

Australia has always supported the USA in each and every Military action it has engaged in. We take our alliance seriously, and will stand with our Allies, no matter the cost.

One thing you didn’t bring up is that Australia is one of China’s biggest raw materials supplier. If it felt like not paying for its raw material, it can take it by force.

Would you bet money on that prediction? If so how much? 🤔

I don’t understand why Australia is portraying itself as a major global superpower We barely have 30 million people and don’t have an army that can compete with other global powers

We have never said no to the United States, and signed up even when not asked. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. We are allies and friends. Having said that, we need to do a lot more. Thirteenth largest economy, immense natural resources yet a weak military.

China relies heavily on Australian exports, and its imports from Europe have to pass within missile range of Australia. The only military power it can realistically project to Australia is its longest range missiles, which would be a very expensive way of doing relatively minor damage, and invite retaliation from the US. Our greatest ally is the tyrrany of distance.

They might beat us, but they won't beat the emus

I think China with its huge armed forces would find the Australian Armed Forces a lot tougher than what they believe it to be

That is right

Chinese Belt and Roads initiative giving them forward bases...... Imagine a surprise attack with "cargo" ships at every major port........

The Japanese found out first hand that underestimating Aussie troops is a bad idea

Am I the only one that seasoned for countries like America and Australia to build their own semiconductors? Moreover, Australia is also viable target because we have the third largest reserve of thorium and the largest reserve of uranium two things you need to build nuclear weapons and advanced molten salt,-based reactors.

2015: war with China will happen in 3 years 2018: war with China will happen in 3 years 2021: war will China will happen in 3 years 2024: war with China will happen in 3 years

Thing is we need to deter and encourage….deter through submarines and stealth weapons and encourage through trade

and howard took all our guns away.

Just bring Taiwan’s production to Australia… Why they’re keeping the highest tech the world relies on right at the war’s front line? …hmmm, something doesn’t fit just there.

In ww2 australia mobilised 500k troops in months and grew its airforce to 5000 units i think we are good

lol yeah you try and cross from the west and top end to the eastern shores and southern shores good luck with that I’m Aussie and I’m not stupid enough to try it ,not only the environment but weather conditions will make it the worst mistake they will make

This video fails to note that the 'Red Alert' report isn't an academic or otherwise 'robust' report but is, instead, a report funded by...newspapers...

Cool. Let’s go Aussies.

How will they reach Australia?

To bring it to the point: How many wars was China involved in in the last 50 years, how many Nato/USA? There is a big discrepancy between what we see and what is claimed, when people speak about the China threat.

China can't get a sizeable force across 100 miles to take Taiwan back, they're certainly not bringing any sizeable force to Australia 😅😅😅

The discussion about semiconductors leaves out the little detail that both Taiwan and United States will destroy all of Taiwan semiconductor industry if China attempts a takeover.

They would have to deal with the seventh fleet in the Pacific, f around and find out like Japan did.

As I understand it - and more importantly as CHINA understands it - should Taiwan fall to China, ALL those chip foundries would be destroyed by Taiwan and/or the US. That's not speculation either. Its known policy in full effect right now. More than that, those foundries are now being built from the ground up in the United States and has been an ongoing unimaginably difficult project that has been ongoing for over a decade at this point already. So much of what makes those chip foundries so exceptional is organic in nature; a function of uniquely human long term experience through ON SIGHT trial and error, deeply specific, hands on research coupled with rapid prototyping, and on sight mass production. (the same magic ingredient That gave SpaceX it's its ability to rise so quickly from a startup to an institution. Where do you think Elon Musk got the idea in the first place?!) The point I am trying to make is that while yes Australia would be drawn into a war with China over Taiwan, a war with China over Taiwan is highly unlikely given the circumstances I described above.

Ha. Why would China bother fighting Australia? The US / Canada / UK will back Australia. China would have to get through Southeast Asia with their ships / planes. good luck with that. not only that, Australia is a vast country. might as well do a video on the Guyana and Venezuela.

US troops in Australia were fighting the Japanese invasion in WWII from papua new Guinea up, likely some of the things that happened then would play out again if China pushed down that way. But also Australia has other military alliances to aid and defend them from a direct assault too.

of course Australia can't defeat China. That's stating the obvious. China has a population of 1,400m people whilst Australia has only 27M people

Got 3 years of kung fu lessons

After a long tiring day at work, it help to relax and laugh at some jokes here, thanks mates. Oh by the way there were some Anzuk forces stationed at Changi Air Base Spore in the 70"s. You only see them at about 9-10 am for their breakfast n thereafter basketball games. In evening they will make their appearance again for dinner and follow by many cases of beer. Never seen them doing any other training , oh what a life. But I m very sure when it matter they will be able to put up a good show like in WW2 in Spore. Relax mates have a beer ...cheers !.

Sounds cool and all, but one tiny fly in the ointment. Australia will never stand alone. China has too many enemies who will strike first and ask questions later. India for example would love to scrap with China over border disputes as well as Indonesia over access to the South China Sea. Add to that any other smaller nation sick of China’s bullying. Also the US will be fighting to maintain its military superiority regardless of the loss of Taiwan. At this point China is staring down the barrel of the very thing that defeated Imperial Japan, allied nations. Add to China’s headache the actual logistical nightmare that is Australia and it is rapidly coming to the same conclusions Japan did, it’s too bloody far and too big to be worth spending the blood and treasure.

Do you think America has missile silos in Canada to attack Russia if need be?

Ive been saying this for the last 10yrs cause they want our resources, land , iron ore , coal , water , uranium etc

I didnt hear any mention of india and the british commonwealth if america drags us in we have more allies then just USA and russia has no problems with taking advantage of a distracted boarderline.

Former PM of Malaysia , Mahathir Mohamad told WSJ in Sept , 2018 , " We have traded with China for nearly two thousand years . China never conquered us. We have relations with Europe. The Portuguese came to Malaysia in 1509. Two years later, they came and conquered us. So I always feel that I’m safer with China than with Western countries " . Australia should have no problem with China as well , unless US Missiles were launched from the ports in Australia . It is advisable for Australia to pay the US Nuclear Submarine in full and keep it in US ports permanently . Australia should try to keep distance from the Warmongers and avoid to become another ' Germany ' , which has been half converted into a Sausage on the Menu by his dear friend .

Taiwan has never been apart of China

Calling Xi "Jinping" so many times just seemed so weird.

Australia's problem would be solved if we had a 100 million Indonesian and 100 million Indian population overnight.. Why Northern Australia should have tax free and open immigration from India and Indonesia.. Not Red Chinese migration as they mostly never loyal to it's host. Indonesia a classic example as the Chinese have been in Indonesia for centuries in Jakarta. They mostly cling on to old Chinese customs and never become Muslims. Same thing happening in the West and Malaysia..

lol good luck with coal gas and iron ore if that happens 😂

Australia needs a population 200 million. Australia able to make aircraft carrier, submarines? If not, Australia PM better concentrate on getting richer.

There was a heightened risk of conflict during the previous Liberal government but the election of the Labor party in 2022 has seen a thawing of relations and increased co-operation. Trade and travel is resuming and tensions are reducing. I think this American channel needs to speak to actual Australians to discover their current policies rather than hold an isolationist world view.

I will say the chance to have war in the next 10 years is 50%. What does it mean? No predictive value. Australia should be ready at all times, not to rely only on USA and UK. How easy is to rely on USA -because it saves money , so don’t worry. It is totally stupid assumption. We need to get ready not because of China but for own security. It should be embedded in political minds- when there is democracy we need to protect with everything. It is not granted …..

Australia should separate itself from NATO, WHO, WTO and ICC. It should focus on very open trade and very militant migration/asylum restrictions. Australia has the potential to be a protected Eden/Ark when WW3 breaks out.

Good.

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I'd say if China was to invade Aus, you'd think that every able body man would put their hands up to join the military. It be a case of we don't fight back then Australia probably ceases to exist and our way of life. Also logistically it'll be really difficult to have China invade Aus without us knowing even without the help of other countries in the Pacific.

Its going to be bloody for Australias Chinese population.

Ping is his first name. Ping xing Xi. Xi is his Surname.

The greatest single tragedy in Australian politics was the decision to abandon its nuclear weapons program we are now slaves to US and unable to decide our own foreign and defense policy destiny

Lol is that after nuclear war between Russia and USA

LIES, OPINION AND MISINFORMATION ALL IN THE ONE CLIP.

Australians were desperate when they chose to follow the US, in the past when Mother Britain abandoned her to the Japanese, but they are not stupid to not recognise that US loyalty is only evident when they are the victors in a struggle. And the US does not hold the high ground in morality nor the capability to win a conventional war against China.

Indonesia need's to realise the West isn't it's enemy.. Been neutral won't help..