US Military Vehicles on Exercise in AustraliaUS Army and USMC stem the tide against Chinese ambitions in Asia-Pacific - Australia has long enjoyed a strong defence relationship with the USA. It w...
China Gives Cool Response to US Military Activity in AustraliaChinese officials have reacted cooly to President Obama's announcement Wednesday that US Marines will be based in northern Australia, closer to the disputed South China Sea than any other US land forces.Ford, Peter...
The article discusses how Australia is becoming a virtual American base and examines the extent to which the ongoing developments in joint Australia-U.S. defense facilities are the result of U.S. pressure on Australia or its government seeking to deepen its involvement of the U.S. It cites ...
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA -- The United States and Australia will deepen their military ties after reaching an agreement that expands their military cooperation as both countries work to deter China's growing influence and territorial claims in the western Pacific. The agreements were announced following an...
CANBERRA, Australia - U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Friday that the major multination military training exercise launched in Australia sends a message to China that America’s allies are cooperating to defend their security and democratic values. Talisman Sabre began in 2005 a...
US military planned nerve gas test on Australian troopsABC Australia
Wilson believes that the United States views the island continent as "something of an annexe to its own domain, albeit populated by people who talk with a different accent." U.S. military bases in Australia enable the Americans to "reach across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean and beyo...
Pine Gap was originally established as part of Project Rhyolite, which involves a small number of very large antenna-carrying signals-intelligence (SIGINT) satellites in geostationary orbit. The facility monitors a wide spectrum of Soviet and Chinese military communications and radar transmissions, ...
The expandeddrills are seen by China as a threat. Chinese state media have accused the U.S. of building an Indo-Pacific alliance similar to NATO to limit China’s growing military and diplomatic influence in the region. The United Kingdom, Canada, France, India, Malaysia, South Korea, ...
Examining voices from Australia's radical left, this article explores how opposition to the United States' military and economic presence in Australia was expressed from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. Responding to Australia's security and trade relationships with the United States, critics such...