Link for an article in the Weekend Australian
US forces get nod to share our bases | The Australian
Australia and the US have agreed to an increase in US presence in SE Asia with ramped up access to Australian Bases, training areas and will include more ship visits, regular training exercises and increased personnel in the country, The article report this will begin within months.
3 major anouncements will be made after Monday's AUSMIN talks in Melbourne and is being touted as the most significant in its 25 year history
This has obviously been in the air for some time of course, but how much more significance do you think this will have with the recent agreement between the UK & France ? The potential (and has been discussed the real) impacts this could have will be interesting to say the least. Could the US potentially make heavy investment into our military infrastructure ?
I would be very curious in other members thoughts on what this means for Australia ? Is this the beginning of a major shift in our relationship with the US, are they now seeing us as one of their staunches allies ? We have certainly been unwavering in our common interests and our support for the US has never been in question
What impacts, positive or negative, do you see for the ADF ? and do you see this as a reply to China's SE Asian build up ?
US forces get nod to share our bases | The Australian
Australia and the US have agreed to an increase in US presence in SE Asia with ramped up access to Australian Bases, training areas and will include more ship visits, regular training exercises and increased personnel in the country, The article report this will begin within months.
3 major anouncements will be made after Monday's AUSMIN talks in Melbourne and is being touted as the most significant in its 25 year history
This has obviously been in the air for some time of course, but how much more significance do you think this will have with the recent agreement between the UK & France ? The potential (and has been discussed the real) impacts this could have will be interesting to say the least. Could the US potentially make heavy investment into our military infrastructure ?
I would be very curious in other members thoughts on what this means for Australia ? Is this the beginning of a major shift in our relationship with the US, are they now seeing us as one of their staunches allies ? We have certainly been unwavering in our common interests and our support for the US has never been in question
What impacts, positive or negative, do you see for the ADF ? and do you see this as a reply to China's SE Asian build up ?