Pat Buchanan, in examining the Ukraine/Russia war, and the care that NATO has taken not to prod the bear with too sharp a steel rod, observed that nuclear missiles are the key ingredient here. And, Australia had British nuclear tests on its soil without even a thought about getting nuclear missiles of its own. Instead, to gain on short term profits for the local elites, it was “populate or perish,” a mindless migration project that ignored the realities of the technological age, and remained still in the 19th century, as well as beginning the Great Replacement of Anglo Saxon Australia, now complete. The mantra in fact should have been “populate and perish.” Just see how long we last against communist China, when the invasion is already half complete.
https://www.unz.com/pbuchanan/message-from-ukraine-nukes-do-deter/