As US military presence ramps up in the north, experts say one of Australia's closest Asian neighbours is growing wary that the US's expanded presence could bring rising tensions to the region.
The US military presence in northern Australia is growing, including increased US defence spending and international participation in joint-force exercises.
They include a focus on rehearsing the deployment of lethal force, and interoperability — the sharing of military communications and assets between nations. Under the US Force Posture Initiatives, the US defence force is in various stages of spending between $490 and $970 million to expand RAAF bases in Darwin and Katherine, including command centres, barracks and hangars.there are plans to increase that number furthersaid the growing US investment in northern Australia was in recognition of the region's geographical proximity to the Asia-Pacific.
“As we look toward the South-China Sea and East China Sea, which are potential hotspots, we develop our tactics and our capabilities in the US Air Force recognise that we're going to be operating from a number of land-based locations,” he said.
“The way you see this kind of military engagements, military cooperation, shouldn't be seen as bipolar between US-China — it’s not the way Indonesians see it," she said.
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