Obviously Australia's AUKUS alliance partners UK and US think there's a free-world security problem in Asia-Pacific/Oceania...as Australia is to get hypersonic missiles in 2024.
No degree from Harvard needed to see what's going on in the world today...see that Russia and China, now very best buddies, are taking over the world by stealth and force....one country at a time.
The free-world was conned.
Played for fools and took the bait.
Sooner or later, (it's almost too late), the free-world is going to have to work smarter.
First thing it should do is establish who's in and who's not in...the FWA , Free World Alliance it should form to stand against the CRB, China-Russia Bloc and its allies.
Best of luck to countries declaring themselves 'neutral', they'll be sitting ducks.
The FWA countries should then be armed to the teeth with the latest weapons.
They should also be weaned off China manufacturing as soon as possible, making white goods, microchips, cars, ships, clothing, watches, clocks, toys, cell phone covers, saucepans, crockery, glasses, vacuum cleaners etc etc on their own soil.
*Everything* I pick up is 'made in China'...it's ridiculous.