{"id":75882,"date":"2026-01-06T23:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/06\/russias-war-in-ukraine-carries-a-warning-for-australia-prepare-for-possible-conflict-in-the-asia-pacific"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:00:17","slug":"russias-war-in-ukraine-carries-a-warning-for-australia-prepare-for-possible-conflict-in-the-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=75882","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine carries a warning for Australia: prepare for possible conflict in the Asia-Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Military experts and diplomats agree new strategies and tactics \u2013 drone-based or otherwise \u2013 playing out in Ukraine\u2019s theatre of war may be replicated closer to home<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s early morning at the sprawling 32 Tactical air base in \u0141ask, a couple of hours outside the Polish capital of Warsaw, and the late autumn wind is sharp. Nearby, a crew of Australians are wrapping up the deployment of an E-7 Wedgetail surveillance plane, sent to the country to assist Nato\u2019s response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/dec\/12\/the-importance-of-europe-in-curbing-russias-might\">Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll feel it here,\u201d our chaperone says, tapping his chest as a cluster of F16 fighter planes prepare to take off. Their roar reverberates through the atmosphere, each charging into the low-hanging clouds.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/06\/russias-war-in-ukraine-carries-a-warning-for-australia-prepare-for-possible-conflict-in-the-asia-pacific\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military experts and diplomats agree new strategies and tactics \u2013 drone-based or otherwise \u2013 playing out in Ukraine\u2019s theatre of war may be replicated closer to homeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt\u2019s early morning at the sp&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,43,645,50,982,221,530,470,930],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-australia-news","category-australian-foreign-policy","category-china","category-drones-military","category-europe","category-european-union","category-nato","category-ukraine"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75888,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75882\/revisions\/75888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}