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He has served in a number of Australian government agencies and been a senior adviser to several Australian defense ministers. Six large amphibious vessels have been launched, three since 2015, and a third aircraft carrier, larger than its predecessors, will soon be completed. (Handout photo from the U.S. navy) Admiral James Stavridis was 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and 12th Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. But unlike Ukraine, where Europe is largely united in condemning Russia, Asia will not be united in condemning China.". "As I see the decision for the invasion of Iraq I think it was made by the Prime Minister. Chinas 1264 warplanes, meanwhile, are based in China. But would Australia immediately take up the fight? "One can imagine the sociological fracture in Australia with funerals, commemorations, attacks on Australians of Chinese descent, the curtailing of any progressive economic reconstruction agenda for Australia.". To use the words of one leading military analyst, Australia could find itself "sleepwalking" into a war with China. And the operating distances are enormous. "If they think the blockade is failing they may declare victory by pointing to the damage already inflicted, or they might escalate to attacking US forces that are supporting Taiwan. A rise in tensions between China and Taiwan has raised the prospect of a world war in which Australia will be embroiled.. A Chinese invasion of the island is inevitable within five or six years . The US Air Force boasts nearly 2300 warplanes in service, with another 1422 aircraft in use for the US Navy and Marines, Janes calculates. "Practically this limits the sinews of war available to us: they would be insufficient. China would seek to pluck out the eyes and ears of the US and allies to make them blind on the battlefield, said Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. "There would thus bea high chance that involvement in a war with China would swiftly exceed the toll in casualties suffered in Vietnam and Korea.". Five-centuries-old saffron and ginger found preserved in shipwreck off Sweden, Chinese migrants walked a gruelling 500km to Victoria's goldfields in the 19th century. "When the US closed down Bagram airbase in Afghanistan the Afghan Army collapsed. The vision is not a new one: White knights charging forth, flags flying, to save friends from a bellowing dragon. Chinas focus on its region would give it a local advantage in any clash with the US. by Robert Farley L Key Point: Escalation spirals are hard to. China has demonstrated its capabilities already, including in Taiwan, where it has waged disinformation campaigns, and in serious hacking incidents in the United States. The US must operate from a few exposed facilities such as Okinawa and Guam. Wherever they start, they finish only when one side decides to give up. "The fundamental assumption that we could win a war against China is wrong-headed and hawkish; it is also very risky. And, if a shooting war does break out, the US and its allies are not guaranteed a win. It means mine laying by air and naval units, particularly submarines, blockading ports, inspecting maritime traffic including commercial shipping, intercepting aircraft, and attacking adversary military forces as necessary. Would Japan? And Taiwan sitting neatly between the two offers that opportunity. It was Kevin Rudd who coined the phrase a "decade of living dangerously". Hugh White, an emeritus professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University, has warned about the serious consequences that could arise from not adequately addressing tensions. Australia had long maintained it didn't have to choose. "Rather, there are three scenarios that may be pursued in combination: "Invasion may be preceded by a blockade and firepower strikes. "For Australia the conflict would be devastating whether we joined the fighting or not. The war in Ukraine reminds us of how uncertain these things canbe for both sides. "Taiwan doesn't have a Plan B that's the big problem. "Australia should use all the means at its disposal to avert a war with China. Oriana Skylar Mastro of Stanford University has testified that China dedicates all its resources to planning and preparing for a contingency in east Asia, while the US has additional responsibilities in the Middle East, Europe and worldwide. But it took four vulnerable tanker aircraft to carry them over that 6000km round trip. This means any idea of sustained operations within the Pacific-spanning reach of Chinas ballistic and cruise missiles is likely optimistic. The map below, compiled from data provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is the most accurate nuclear attack map and fallout demonstration available for 2023: (Image courtesy of FEMA and Halcyon Maps) The fallout would rapidly spread, turning targeted cities into whole affected regions. He says given the rate at which Chinese forces are modernising and building both capability and capacity, "a Chinese victory over the US is the more likely outcome beyond 2035". A separatist democracy against a legitimate government? If the United States cannot control the air, it cannot win either at land or at sea. "On one hand, if China attacked the US homeland, similar to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the US would respond with war. Allan Behm, who is now head of the international and security program at The Australia Institute, says were the US and China to go to war over the next five to 10 years, the best one might envisage for the US is a stalemate. "It would also have to be true that if any of the commentators were taken seriously the impact of this reality of preparing for war with China would now be affecting us all. The PLAs missile forces are central to Chinas efforts to deter and counter third-party intervention in a regional conflict, a US congressional report concluded this month. Guam is 1,300 nautical miles and Honolulu (Pearl Harbor) is over 4,200 nautical miles from Taiwan. Possibly completely different. Russia's struggles in Ukraine are showing US special operators that they'll need to fight without their 'tethers' to win future wars. China had 55 small war ships in 2020, more than double the number it had five years ago. Today, Chinas military spending is the second-highest in the world after the United States and continues to rise. "In a war involving Taiwan, US forces would be deployed over long distances from CONUS [Continental United States]. Maybe, that explained why President Bush and Prime Minister Howard, from the right of politics, and Mr Blair from the left of politics, shared the view about the need for the invasion.". "There would also be a possibility of exceptionalism if most other countries in Asia did not get involved. In the recent parliamentary inquiry into war powers reform, the Department of Defence said it didn't think parliament should have authority to decide our involvement because that 'could undermine the confidence of our international partners as a reliable and timely security partner'. Modern warships carry only a limited number of weapons. The collapse of the League of Nations and the dreadful cost of war held hard lessons for how we had to manage international relationships better. "A cross-strait Invasion would involve a shaping phase to achieve air, land, sea, and cyber superiority. But Chinas been preparing to take and hold Taiwan by force for decades. Who would win in a battle between the U.S. and Australia? One accident. Beyond out-producing the US Navy in the number of warships at a rate of four to one, the PLA Strategic Rocket Force has put US aircraft carriers at risk with the fielding of the DF-21D and DF-26 anti-carrier ballistic missiles, Mr Fanell said. After multiple clashes between Australia's regional partners and China, tensions are rising. Any such war, he says, would primarily be a maritime conflict and would be on a scale unprecedented since World War II. There is a pathway to a future through peaceful dialogue, but its a hard path, and it needs to be worked.. Please try again later. Dr Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst with ASPI's Defence, Strategy and National Security Program, told Daily Mail Australia it is increasingly likely President Xi Jinping will order Chinese forces. "Were the US and China to go to war over the next five to 10 years, the best scenario one might envisage for the US is a stalemate. All have been involved in sensitive military operations. "I do not know whether Defence planners in Canberra would have made such estimates. Allan Behm, now head of the international and security program at The Australia Institute, says were the US and China to go to war over the next five to 10 years the best potential outcome for the US is a stalemate. "In the case of war with China the questions we need to ask ourselves are: "When I stepped down as the Chief of theDefence Force in July 2002 I had not seen any information leading to the conclusion that an invasion of Iraq was inevitable. Is Australia prepared to pay the price to defend its friend Taiwan from China? Blood, sweat and tears. We hope that Australia will fully understand the high sensitivity of the Taiwan issue, adhere to our One China principle, be cautious in its words and actions, refrain from sending any wrong signals to the secessionist forces of Taiwan independence, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. He believes Australia has a "fundamental strategic pathology to support the interests of the US at the expense of our own.". Supply chains of some critical goods and services need to be reconfigured to shift production to the United States or allied nations, and the United States must pursue a longer-term strategic drive to restore its dominance in global manufacturing. But which one would have military superiority in outright conflict? The bulk of these goods is transported aboard ships along sea lanes increasingly controlled by Chinese commercial interests that are ultimately answerable to Chinas party-state. Jamie Seidel @JamieSeidel 5 min read May 25, 2020 - 11:05AM The United States just lost a battle to save Taiwan from a Chinese invasion and it's not the first time. US vs. China: Who Would Win a War in 2030? This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. "As a continental power, China has a distinct preference for land warfare. And given Beijings singular focus on finding a way to sink US-style aircraft carriers, their capacity to carry combat aircraft into effective range has been dramatically curtailed. A month earlier, Xi Jinping had told the Peoples Liberation Army: We should persist in using combat to guide our work; step up preparations for war.. Ross Babbage is a nonresident senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington and the C.E.O. "I cannot conceive that there are any benefits in Australia being at war with China unless the circumstances were so serious as to make the cost in lives and treasury worthwhile. China is now the dominant global industrial power by many measures. Now it is China. While most members voted in favor of the six U.N. General Assembly resolutions passed since last . US forces would be fully committed to the maximum of their capacity, and they would expect and indeed demand the same of us.. If war were to break out, China can be expected to use this to disrupt communications and spread fake news and other disinformation. Sign up for the weekly What in the World newsletter here. Performers dressed as the military celebrated Chinas military might on Monday nights gala in Beijing to celebrate the Chinese Communist Partys centenary. Earlier this month, the United States Air Force staged a demonstration involving four heavily armed F-16 fighters. Despite decades of warnings, our fuel refineries continue to close. "For its part, Australia is casualty averse, as it should be. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. But there's also bad news ahead. The most probable spark is a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Five-centuries-old saffron and ginger found preserved in shipwreck off Sweden, Chinese migrants walked a gruelling 500km to Victoria's goldfields in the 19th century. That means large paved airfields, humidity-controlled hangars and AI-enhanced maintenance equipment. And I believe he is ready to exploit this with a multipronged campaign to divide Americans and undermine and exhaust their will to engage in a prolonged conflict what Chinas military calls enemy disintegration. A blockade, he says, would mean 80 per cent of ships and aircraft would be unable to pass. Wed like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Iraq should have taught us that it makes no sense to support an ally in a war it cant win, and the stakes are much higher this time.. China believes the island is part of its territory and has vowed to take it back with force if necessary. For China, the worst-case scenario is to have to conduct high-intensity operations against Taiwan, the United States, Japan and other US allies and partners simultaneously.". According to the late Sir James Plimsoll [in conversation with me], Mao Zedong said to Prime Minister Nehru when the two met in 1954 that, in a war with any adversary China could afford to dedicate 100 million dead. Get a note direct from our foreign correspondents on whats making headlines around the world. Yet if China wanted to conquer Taiwan, the outcome could be different. And the West may not be able to do much about it. Who would win in a hypothetical battle between China and Japan? China also has more than 1,350 ballistic and cruise missiles poised to strike U.S. and allied forces in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and American-held territories in the Western Pacific. Chris Zappone and Eryk Bagshaw June 30, 2021 China-US superpower showdown: military strength Matthew Absalom-Wong "Specifically, China would probably favour four principal avenues for marginalising or defeating Australia. It runs between the Philippines and Taiwan. The size of the military mobilisation required to achieve this wouldinvolve calling up the reserves and activating the society at large, not just the military,well in advance of an invasion. Hugh White,who is also Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University, is clear in his analysis: I do not think there is any credible chance that America, with or without Australias support, could win a war with China over Taiwan.. China has built the world's largest navy and has become increasingly assertive over contested areas such as the South China Sea. The Miyako Strait connects the East China Sea with the Pacific Ocean. "A big unknown is whether Japan would grant expanded rights to the US to use bases located on its territory, without itself joining the combat directly unless its territory is attacked. "But the prospect of war with China raises very different possibilities including for example, the significant likelihood that aircraft, ships and submarines we committed would be destroyed, with the potential for very high casualties among the crews. China is largely trying to take territorial control, which makes east Asia a likely location for trouble. A major war in the Indo-Pacific is probably more likely now than at any other time since World War II. Certainly not in the six-to-eight minutes it could take a DF-11 A rocket to cross the 130 kilometre-wide Taiwan Strait to its target. Where are our statesmen?". It is likely to impoverish us all; it may even kill most of us if it goes nuclear. Then, it was mainly Germany, and from the 1930s Japan. Only a decade ago, the US would have easily dominated the Chinese military in almost any scenario, says Australian National University Professor Stephan Fruehling. Hugh White, who is also Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University, is clear in his analysis: "I do not think there is any credible chance that America, with or without Australia's support, could win a war with China over Taiwan." Looking into the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Europe, and in the wider context NATO, is being drawn towards having to deal with an unacceptable risk of war. "That's what General Douglas Macarthur found in 1942. The structure of the military is also different. But will it be safer for women? The divergence of the two Taiwan scenarios, a Chinese military attack or an invasion, says a lot about the relative military power of the US and China, itself a barometer of the strength of the two superpowers. In July 2020, BeiDou, Chinas version of GPS became fully operational, allowing it to track ships, planes, cars and smartphones from space without relying on the US technology that has dominated global positioning for decades. Satellite image of Chinese vessels in the Whitsun Reef in a disputed zone, March 23, 2021. Credit:Maxar Technologies via AP. That leaves its navy as its primary fighting force. In 1947 with setting up of the United Nations, after the catastrophes of both world wars and the more limited wars in the intervening years, we tried to build a system of managing international relationships without the recourse to war. Vietnam and Iraq were illegal wars, with the US Administration(s) lying to their citizens and their allies about the strategic necessity and the morality of the use of armed force. "We have done work that shows that 'risk aversion'is the critical factor in avoiding war. "Notwithstanding their entirely different circumstances, for Australia to support Taiwan against China would be similar to Australia's supporting Catalonia against the Castilians. For the US, the bigger the coalition of countries joining it in any war, the better. The US could no longer win a war against China China's navy has just completed a mission that has left US officials terrified - and it has serious implications for Australia's security. "It would suffer high attrition and its military modernisation and even its one-party Communist rule would be threatened. There are debates today about how reform of the UN is needed to deal with contemporary security challenges but not much progress has been made. Current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would presumably discuss the matter with his National Security Cabinet before any decision is made but there are no checks and balances built into the system before the PM makes the biggest decision that a leader can make to send our young men and women to war. "China's leaders could discreetly offer negotiations to Taiwan's leaders during a blockade before the risky step of ordering an amphibious invasion," Professor Fernandes says. So it would be an even match. And Beijings new navy has been in almost a constant string of live fire exercises for the past year. It isn't Ukraine. The idea sounds grand charging forth, flags flying, to save a bullied island friend. Chinese strategists see these passages as crucial to their ability to deploy forces beyond the first island chain, analyst Ben Lowsen told The Diplomat. "In the past, when I was working in government, we sometimes offered ministers some indication of the possible cost in lives if things went badly in the kind of lower-level commitments that we made in the 1990s. "Given the rate at which the Chinese forces are modernising and building both capability and capacity, a Chinese victory over the US is the more likely outcome beyond 2035. If Australia sleepwalks into a war with China, as many analysts fear is happening right now, then amid our strategic slumber we should at least ask one question: what would war with China mean for Australia? But, his hawkish new boss, Defence Minister Peter Dutton, says war with China should not be discounted. To accept that argument as policy would mark the end of our strategic alliance with the US, leaving us more exposed to Chinese coercive pressure and political warfare, or even a direct military threat, Dr Davis says.

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