Posted on 03/15/2022 9:00:01 PM PDT by algore
Thousands of American soldiers trained to use Surface-to-Air missile systems, High Mobility Artillery Rockets and unmanned aircraft are bound for Australia as tensions over China grow.
The rotational US Marine force will be comprised of about 2200 servicemen and women based in the Northern territory during the upcoming dry season from September.
It is the 11th deployment to the Top End and for the first time will include 250 US Army personnel, the Australian Defence Force announced.
The contingent is part of an ongoing US posture initiative to promote stability in the Indo-Pacific region with fears Beijing could be plotting to invade Taiwan.
Defence Minister Peter Dutton in September warned conflict with China 'shouldn't be discounted' and on Wednesday told the US Studies Centre Beijing may look to annex Taiwan as the world is preoccupied with Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine.
The defence minister targeted China directly, saying the communist country may seek to use the conflict in Ukraine as 'a useful distraction and an opportunity to pursue their own acts of aggression and coercion.'
'This threat emanates chiefly from Beijing, which has its own openly stated territorial ambitions, and which recently entered a 'no-limits' cooperative partnership with the Kremlin,' Mr Dutton said.
To counter Beijing's growing aggression in the region the US, Australia and the UK announced the AUKUS pact which will see Canberra secure nuclear-powered submarines in the coming decades.
The move outraged the communist superpower with state-controlled media outlets warning the move could see Australia become the target of nuclear strikes.
Labor defence spokesman Brendan O'Connor told the USSC the ALP would seek to maintain strategic ambiguity over Taiwan
It follows comments from the defence minister, who said it would be 'inconceivable' Australia would not back US troops in a military conflict over the island
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They can practice shooting Ayers Rock and defending Alice Springs.
Oops! Need another distraction!
Biden has fewer troops to deploy than Trump did
China threatening war now?
Looks like its their turn.
I wonder how long before the “Xi has every right to firebomb Sydney” crowd shows up.
Say what?? Let me turn my whisting teakettle down some.
I must have mis-heard you!
Another diversion from failed covid policies. Don’t understand these crazy people destroying world economy for little island sized pieces of land
But at least there are no more mean tweets.
It’s been nice knowing all of you for the time we have all had together.
Of course, the entire detachment could very well be eaten by carnivorous Koalas. Sure, they eat leaves but it's only...to sharpen their teeth...
Time to clean out the deep state bioweapons labs in Taiwan.
We’ll meet again....
The "I can't wait for the next war" neocon crowd has already occupied the space.
“Xi has every right to firebomb Sydney”
Which Xi? The one in the movie, or the other leader?
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With the villagers fighting over the strange foreign object, tribal leader Xi (N!xau) decides to take the bottle back to the gods to restore peace. His journey to the “end of the world”
Australia?
The joint that locks up its own people for having a cold? Or just being near someone who does?
They can defend themselves. We have no reason to. Alice Springs is out of date anyway.
...don’t know where, don’t know whennnnn...
If they’re in Australia I wonder how that would affect deployment to Tiawan?
So long, and thanks for for all the fish.
So long, and thanks for for all the fish.
So sad that it should come to this
We tried to warn you all but oh dear
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