> Tactically, Australia will probably just lose any fight against anyone more scary than New Zealand or Papua New Guinea Invading Australia isn't easy. It is a

> Tactically, Australia will probably just lose any fight against anyone more scary than New Zealand or Papua New Guinea Invading Australia isn't easy. It is a long way from anywhere. It is very big (12x the area of Ukraine). Much of the terrain is inhospitable. It has no land borders. Very different situation from Ukraine, where Russia is literally right next door – and not remote Siberia either, the western densely populated parts of Russia. Yes, in the unlikely event that Australia embarked on a solo offensive expedition against another major country, it would probably lose. But it seems very unlikely that Australia would ever do that.