BIG NEWS: There's a force posture nugget in #AUSMIN presser.
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.
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.
The just-released #AUSMIN statement reinforces this.
Major expansion of allied force posture initiatives to include AIR, LAND and SEA elements. Latter is overdue and critical for regional security.
The focus on logistics, sustainment, maintenance is essential for US position.
Major expansion of allied force posture initiatives to include AIR, LAND and SEA elements. Latter is overdue and critical for regional security.
The focus on logistics, sustainment, maintenance is essential for US position.
Leveraging Australia's strategic geography to support a more robust US forward military position in the Indo-Pacific is important for ensuring a favourable balance of power in light of China's rising A2AD challenge. This @USSC map shows why.
Leveraging US defence industrial capabilities, technical know-how, and, importantly, financial investment into Australian posture initiatives, will empower Australia to be a more robust regional security player.
The temporal aspect of these announcements are impt. #AUKUS will build Australian sub capability over long-term. In short term, strategic environment is eroding fast.
Strengthening US posture now and enabling more US Navy presence in region by sustaining in Australia matters.
Strengthening US posture now and enabling more US Navy presence in region by sustaining in Australia matters.
And as #AUKUS nuclear-submarine program develops, it will be imperative for Australia to acquire technical skills and 'learn by doing', which can be achieved by deeper Australia-US personnel swaps and logistics partnerships.
Ending this thread here. Full AUSMIN communique here: foreignminister.gov.au/minister/maris…
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