Revealed: Jim Molan’s deathbed fear Australia will become ‘collateral damage’ in a surprise missile attack by China on America’s Pacific forces
- Former Senator Jim Molan feared Chinese sneak attack
- He warned of surprise attack on US allies to take Taiwan
- Molan aired concerns in final interview before he died
In his final interview before he died then Senator Jim Molan warned Australia could be rendered near defenceless by a sneak Chinese missile attack on the US ahead of an invasion of Taiwan.
Molan, who was an army major general before entering politics, told Sky News that Australia must be ready for such an attack or end up under China‘s thumb as he gave his last interview before dying from cancer in January.
In an interview for the SkyNews documentary Are We Ready For War? set to air at 7.30pm on Wednesday night, Molan said Australia must be prepared and pointed to the Ukraine as an example that major conflict is not a thing of the past.
‘We must prepare for the worst case,’ he told SkyNews journalist Peter Stefanovic.
Molan did not think that China would invade Taiwan by launching a type of D-Day massed landing as seen in World War II when the Allies landed on Nazi-occupied Europe.
Recently deceased Australian Senator Jim Molan has argued in his last interview that Australia should be ready for a surprise missile attack on US forces before any invasion of Taiwan
He argued that marshalling their forces for such an operation would give the Americans and Taiwan weeks or even months of warning of what was coming.
Instead Molan argued that China could launch a sneak missile attack on US forces in the western Pacific and effectively cut off Taiwan from its major ally and protector.
‘It just happens to be the kind of step that has the chance of delivering to China regional dominance plus Taiwan,’ Molan said.
‘I believe they will neutralise the Americans, dominate the western Pacific.’
With such a scenario Molan said China could ask other possible adversaries such as Japan, South Korea and Australia a very difficult question.
‘Are you really going to fight us now that the Americans aren’t behind you any more?’
China’s military power (pictured the People’s Liberation Army in near Inner Mongolia) could see it dominate the western Pacific, Molan argued
Molan applauded the Albanese government for repairing Australia’s relations with China but said we had to be prepared for any situation.
He did not believe China had any interest in directly attacking Australia but could take out Western satellites and undersea cables as part of a Taiwan invasion scenario, largely severing Australia’s connection to the world.
‘We’ve got to stand up for ourselves,’ he said.
‘We should be self-sufficient in our own military to protect ourselves and to protect the areas around us, the Indonesian archipelago and the South Pacific.’
The alternative was becoming a ‘tributary state’ to China along with the rest of the western Pacific region.
China’s president Xi Jinping (pictured) has been unwavering in claiming that Taiwan will return to mainland sovereignty
Taiwan has been governed independently from mainland China since a 1949 civil war, but President Xi Jinping’s Chinese Communist Party claims the island is part of ‘One China’ and has repeatedly stated its intention to reclaim the territory.
Beijing has accused Taiwan of using the US and other Western allies to bolster its efforts to maintain independence, and insists the US is manipulating Taiwan to ‘contain’ Chinese influence.
The US has repeatedly said it will come to Taiwan’s defence in the case of an invasion.
US General Mike Minihan sent a memo to all those serving under his command to be ready for war with China in 2025.
Australian National University professor Paul Dibb warned that if a conflict broke out Australia would be dragged into it to support the United States – or risk destroying the ANZUS alliance.
