U.S. Plans Permanent Weapons Stockpile in Australia, Documents Show

How the US military footprint in Australia is growing

Australia has been accused of acting as America’s ‘51st state’

China uji peluru berpandu di Lautan Pasifik

SYDNEY: China bersiap sedia untuk menguji pelancaran peluru berpandu balistik berkeupayaan nuklear dengan kepala peledak tiruan di Lautan Pasifik dalam tempoh 24 jam akan datang, menurut media Australia hari ini. Sydney Morning Herald dan The Australian melaporkan, diplomat serantau dimaklumkan mengenai ujian peluru berpandu antara benua (ICBM) itu, dengan pegawai China turut memberi taklimat kepada ... Read more The post China uji peluru berpandu di Lautan Pasifik appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

China demonstrates ‘maritime power’ with strategic South Pacific missile launch

Former US Navy Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery has commented on China’s recent long-range missile test in the Pacific Ocean, emphasising the strategic significance of both its timing and location. “The timing was significant, and the location was significant,” Mr Montgomery told Sky News Australia. “The timing is significant in that, maybe it’s the Australian agreement with Fiji, maybe it’s the NATO summit starting tomorrow, but I believe that they were signalling to that, that China’s a maritime power. “Second, doing it from the south west Pacific like that is saying, we note Australia and New Zealand’s … interest in keeping nuclear weapons out of here, but we are going to test wherever we want. “I think there was a lot of narrative in this.”