Australia, US poised to strengthen alliance with joint military tests
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Australia and the United States are set to become even closer allies under proposals to allow the US military to test new-generation weaponry in Australia, a defence consultant said.
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CANBERRA: Australia has no plans to significantly increase the number of its troops in Iraq and does not expect to be asked to do so by close ally, the United States, newly re-elected Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday.
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In the next 18 months, the US is likely to deploy a potentially breakthrough robot-vision system in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The United States is to build a new  military satellite communications base in Australia, the  government said on Thursday, after three years of secret  negotiations between the two allies.
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Australia vowed Friday to stand firm with the US in Iraq as visiting Vice President Dick Cheney warned the only way to survive terrorism was to go on the offensive &quot;till the enemy is destroyed&quot;.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Australia's Prime Minister John Howard met beside Sydney Harbour on Wednesday to discuss progress in Iraq and a new defense deal ahead of an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit.
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Australia will send 50 logistical experts to Iraq to train the newly established Iraqi defense force. Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill said yesterday that those experts would be in the regular rotation of Australia&#39;s active force in Iraq.
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The Australian Defence Force must defend and project across an air-sea gap. This requires long range autonomous strike weaponry. The Joint Strike Fighter does not solve this issue and detrimentally places added pressure on Australia's limited force of aerial refuelling assets. The world's defence manufacturers are not creating strike platforms that solve Australian needs. For this reason, Australia needs to look to other nations with similar defence needs. In this case, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all face defending an air-sea gap. Australia should enter a partnership with these nations to create a strike fighter that satisfies the strategic needs of defending an air-sea gap. The benefits of such a partnership will be many.
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The Australian government said Thursday it was negotiating with the U.S. on a plan to build a military satellite communications facility on Australia's west coast.
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Australia re-elected a conservative government recently, which will allow the expansion of a crucial part of the U.S. missile defense shield. Critics say the Pine Gap facility could start an arms race in Asia. Patrick Gray reports from Brisbane, Australia.
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Australia announced a A$10 billion  ($7.6 billion) plan to increase the size of its army on  Thursday so it could respond more quickly to emergencies caused  by growing instability in small Asia-Pacific nations.
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AUSTRALIAS Air Force will be equipped with advanced cruise missiles in a move Indonesia warns could spark a regional arms race. Defence Minister Senator Robert Hill said yesterday the Government had approved
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Australia&#39;s swift reaction to the sniper killing of one of its soldiers serving with an international peacekeeping force in the troubled Solomon Islands on Wednesday will likely quell any further turmoil.
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Australia wants to strengthen relations with its northern neighbour, Indonesia, and is not a deputy sheriff for the United States in the Asia-Pacific, Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday before leaving for Jakarta.
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Australia may try to negotiate a new defense and security treaty with Indonesia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Sunday. A bilateral security agreeement the two neighbors
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Australia will double to A$20 million ($15.4 million) its anti-terrorism assistance to Indonesia as part of efforts to deepen coordination in fighting militants, Foreign
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The leaders of France and Australia were both set to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Saturday and visit with their respective country's troops participating in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said.