“The Aussies need to plan for an eventual attack, of that I’m sure. I trust they understand that China will someday make a move.”
The Aussies are very much aware of the Chinese threat. They’re also aware of the Indian threat. Australia is roughly two thirds the size of the continental U.S. with only about 27M people of which over 90% reside along the pacific east coast crescent. Both China and India have long looked at all that uninhabited space with aspirations of having a large presence there. Thus, the bond between the U.S. and Australia has been extremely strong since WWII. I don’t see it being damaged any time soon.
China? Maybe.India? Seems unlikely.Highly unlikely,in fact.