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Australia says U.S. plans to build military infrastructure

 

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks during a news conference at Australian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, January 10, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The United States is planning to build additional military infrastructure in Australia once Congress gives approval to the U.S. Navy for $211.5 million, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Tuesday.

 

The plans for a bigger U.S. footprint in Australia come at a time when the Western allies have become increasingly concerned by China’s efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific.

 

“The development of facilities will support the Force Posture Initiatives,” Payne told Sky News, referring to agreements reached in 2011 between the United States and Australia to enhance their defense relationship.

 

Those initiatives entail 2,500 U.S. Marines training in Australia each year, and regular joint training between the allies’ air forces.

 

Payne did not say what military infrastructure the United States aimed to build, but Australian media reported earlier this month that Washington had plans for a new port facility near Darwin, the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory.

 

U.S. Marines deployed in an annual rotation for training are housed in an Australian base at Darwin.

 

“A port is the missing leg of the stool in U.S. military engagement with Australia,” said Euan Graham, director of the national security program, La Trobe University.

 

A U.S. embassy spokesman in Canberra declined to comment, and Australia’s Defense Department said it would expect concrete plans only when the proposal is approved by the U.S. Congress.

 

If the United States does build a port facility in Darwin it would be located near the Port of Darwin, which China’s Landbridge Group Co secured a 99-year lease over in 2015 - much to the annoyance of the United States.

 

Tensions between Washington and Beijing have escalated since the 2016 election of U.S. President Donald Trump, who ignited a trade war with China, while also increasing military exercises in the Asia-Pacific region.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-30

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[HeyHeyHey]

You should be happy. You sold off to China everything you could

 

Your chance against China without the US are exactly 0.00%

[HeyHeyHey]

1 hour ago, bristolboy said:

China's investment across residential and commercial property halved, but remains the dominant player

Are you mentally challenged?

 

You use as counter argument something that confirms what I said.

 

Even after the investments halved they are still the dominant player.

[Basil B]

Now if Trump used his brains he could have built that port near Pattaya for a fraction of the cost and would be so popular with the Navy it could possibly buy him enough votes to secure re election next year...

Only Joking ????

[kamahele]

12 hours ago, HeyHeyHey said:

You should be happy. You sold off to China everything you could

 

Your chance against China without the US are exactly 0.00%

Every country is selling to China, including the US. 

[Srikcir]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The United States is planning to build additional military infrastructure in Australia once Congress gives approval to the U.S. Navy for $211.5 million

Congress should tell Trump to take the funds from his $2.5 billion Defense Department FY 2020 funds being transferred to build part of his Mexico-US border wall.

[ncc1701d]

99 year lease to China should never have been approved imo.

[metisdead]

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[from the home of CC]

on this side of the world, China is the sheriff..

[jany123]

17 hours ago, HeyHeyHey said:

You should be happy. You sold off to China everything you could

 

Your chance against China without the US are exactly 0.00%

Blah blah.... the UK owns more of Australian agricultural lands than China.... Australia wholly owns 88% of its agricultural lands, which means 12% is owned by other countries, such as the UK, China, the Divided States etc etc. 

 

meanwhile, as a member of the United Kingdom, our “chances” against China, are not much changed by the Divided States setting up a naval base.... let’s not forget how a certain naval base in Hawaii fared late in ww2, eh..... so alternatively, and  alarmingly, Australia is actually adding a new target to its back by assisting those Divided States

 

so.... one could really make the argument that those divided states of America need the help of Australia, more than Australia needs those Divided States, to counter rising threats to its (the Divided States) geopolitical ambitions, just as it did during WW2.

 

 

As an aside.... even if China owned 10% of Australian lands, how would that help China, if it came to a point wherein Australia needed help from those divided states for anything?

 

I mean, it’s not as if hordes of yellow devils will magically appear from the outback, is it?... no... it’s not.... in fact, Australia’s war plan used to include relinquishing that land up north, as part of its strategy to force extended supply lines on any attacker.... but... just maybe, Australia could confiscate the lands of any aggressor, outright... that would be a winner for Australia, wouldn’t it?

 

[Redline]

7 hours ago, jany123 said:

Blah blah.... the UK owns more of Australian agricultural lands than China.... Australia wholly owns 88% of its agricultural lands, which means 12% is owned by other countries, such as the UK, China, the Divided States etc etc. 

 

meanwhile, as a member of the United Kingdom, our “chances” against China, are not much changed by the Divided States setting up a naval base.... let’s not forget how a certain naval base in Hawaii fared late in ww2, eh..... so alternatively, and  alarmingly, Australia is actually adding a new target to its back by assisting those Divided States

 

so.... one could really make the argument that those divided states of America need the help of Australia, more than Australia needs those Divided States, to counter rising threats to its (the Divided States) geopolitical ambitions, just as it did during WW2.

 

 

As an aside.... even if China owned 10% of Australian lands, how would that help China, if it came to a point wherein Australia needed help from those divided states for anything?

 

I mean, it’s not as if hordes of yellow devils will magically appear from the outback, is it?... no... it’s not.... in fact, Australia’s war plan used to include relinquishing that land up north, as part of its strategy to force extended supply lines on any attacker.... but... just maybe, Australia could confiscate the lands of any aggressor, outright... that would be a winner for Australia, wouldn’t it?

 

Australia can defend itself against China?  Or, you mean sell the whole lot to China for promises?