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| US forces get nod to share Australian bases | |
| 2010-11-06 | |
| Edited for length... AUSTRALIA has agreed to a major escalation of military co-operation with the US. This will include more visits by American ships, aircraft and troops and their forces exercising here regularly.
Increased numbers of US personnel in Australian facilities are expected within months, and the tempo of military exercises will be stepped up as that happens. Likely early sites are Townsville, as the primary base for army operations, the port of Darwin, the Bradshaw Field Training Area in the Northern Territory and HMAS Stirling naval base in Western Australia. Three big announcements on military and security co-operation will be made after Monday's AUSMIN defence and foreign policy talks involving delegations headed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Australia's Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defence Minister Stephen Smith. Sources close to the talks said this AUSMIN, in Melbourne, would be one of the most significant in the summit's 25-year history. "AUSMIN occurs at a time when the Asia-Pacific, for the first time, becomes the central strategic theatre for the world for the 21st century," Mr Rudd said. Powerpuff girls? | |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #4 Don't worry about the kiwis, they aren't dangerous any more. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2010-11-06 14:38 |
| #3 and baby-eating Dingos |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-11-06 14:37 |
| #2 and man-eating koalas |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2010-11-06 13:07 |
| #1 well having moved from way down south to Townsville, let me be the first to welcome any Yanks :-) oh and watch out for the spider, sharks , crocks, stingers etc |
| Posted by: classer 2010-11-06 05:16 |