Originally Posted by
West Coast
Other than an initial skirmish, I don’t anticipate any one nation will militarily oppose China. If the Chinese carrier sails towards Australia with ill intent, there will be a number of nations involved.
Plenty of scenarios. But let's not forget, Tindal is being developed and hardened for heavy US bomber operations.
The RAAF will be able to deploy many dozens of F35's and Super Hornets in the north ( Darwin-Tindal ). Integrated with all the add-ons of expanded Jindalee, early warning aircraft, tankers and ISR and electronic warfare aircraft. SAM's and ABM's are sort capabilities ( as China will develop longer range missiles ) . Anti-surface and anti-submarine capabilities are being modernised- so with battles further north sending surface assets to the Arafura and Timor Sea unlikely and sub-surface will not be without risk too. So the US will have bases in Australia ably defended locally. Long range US aircraft have secure bases with the expected loss of Guam.
The lone-ranger scenarios of the RAAF operating over vast distances fill some scenarios but not all.