The allies will announce plans to accelerate Australia’s push to secure precision-guided missiles and expand the American military presence in the Top End. auspol
Australia and the United States will deepen their already “unbreakable” military alliance by announcing plans to accelerate Canberra’s push to secure precision-guided missiles and expand the American military presence in the Top End.
This year’s talks are particularly significant, coming just three months before the government releases a sweeping review of the nation’s defence forces and reveals which model of nuclear-powered submarine it will adopt under the AUKUS pact. As he called out China for its “coercive and destabilising military activities” in the Asia-Pacific, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US and Australia were “focused on ambitious steps to further strengthen our unbreakable alliance”.“And that’s within reach because our two democracies are so closely aligned on our most important strategic challenges and opportunities,” Austin told reporters after welcoming Marles for a meeting at the Pentagon.
“Our two countries share a common vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, and we seek a region where all countries are free to chart their own course. Where all states adhere to international rules. And where all disputes are resolved peacefully, and free from coercion.” Marles said there was a “very strong alignment between our two governments right now” and a “real closeness and shared mission between Australia and the United States”.
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