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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
To me, this is nothing more than the USA sinking its hooks ever more into Australia so as to prepare for what looks like inevitable conflict with China.
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AUSMIN is a bilateral Australian/US commission and they released this today:
So, it looks like new Australia-United States military bases are on the horizon, which will include a naval component for sustaining combined submarines and surface fleet.
There will also be a major expansion of allied force posture initiatives to include AIR, LAND and SEA elements. Part of the focus on this expansion will be logistics, sustainment and maintenance, which are essential for the US position in SE Asia.
So, for those people bemoaning Canada was "left out" of AUKUS, I think this AUSMIN nugget just reinforces the notion that any Canadian participation is not necessary - not because we lack the tech know-how, but because we're not a player in that part of the world.