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The US is gearing up to expand its military presence in Australia as China’s actions in the Indo-Pacific continue to threaten US interests in the region.
“Today we agreed to deepen our defense cooperation in several important ways,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement. press release on Tuesday. “Building on today’s talks, we will increase the rotational presence of US forces in Australia. This includes rotations of bomber task forces, fighters, and future rotations of US Navy and US Army capabilities.”
Austin explained during annual talks between American and Australian officials that China’s “dangerous and coercive actions across the Indo-Pacific, including around Taiwan, to Pacific island countries, and in the East and South China Seas, threaten regional peace and stability”.
While details have yet to be finalized, the Wall Street Journal reported that the two nations will place more munitions and fuel in Australia that will support U.S. military operations, as well as develop airfields in the northern part of the country where joint drills between the two can be held. military.
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President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Nov. 14, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
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Japan has also been invited to participate in future exercises.
In addition, the Australian defense minister says he looks forward to further integrating US and Australian defense bases and breaking down barriers to that process.
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“Today we have also taken steps to create a more seamless defense industrial base between our two countries,” Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said. “We must work more closely together to improve our military capability and develop new technologies.”
The continued military cooperation between Australia and the United States comes as China’s Communist government has drawn the ire of the United States and others over provocations in the region, including tensions stemming from China’s claim to Taiwan as part of its “One China” policy “.
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A Chinese J-31 stealth fighter
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China has repeatedly threatened to take Taiwan by force and has conducted extensive military exercises around the island in recent months, as well as exerting its influence and power in other areas of the region, including the Solomon Islands.
“Recent years have seen a profound change in US-Australia relations,” Charles Edel, Australian president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told the Wall Street Journal. “The US-Australia relationship will take on increasing significance for how the United States operates within and beyond the Indo-Pacific region.”
