The US is considering using Australia as a missile testing ground as part of the AUKUS military pact, AFP reported on Wednesday.
AUKUS is a three-way deal between the US, Britain, and Australia primarily focused on technology sharing with the goal of Canberra acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. The three nations have also announced their intention to jointly develop hypersonic missiles.
US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said Australia’s contribution to AUKUS “doesn’t have to be in dollars” and pointed to its vast uninhabited land as a testing ground for hypersonic and other types of long-range precision missiles.
“A challenge for us in the United States when it comes to hypersonics or even some of our things like the precision strike missile — which is not a hypersonic weapon but has very long ranges in some of its increments — for us to find open spaces in the United States where we can actually test these weapons, it’s a challenge,” Wormuth told AFP.
“Australia obviously has a tremendous amount of territory where that testing is a little bit more doable — so I think that’s a unique thing, as an example, that the Australians bring to the table,” she added.
Another aspect of AUKUS is the US plans to increase its overall military presence in Australia, which involves sending more troops, bombers, and nuclear-powered submarines to the country. The buildup is part of the US’s plans to prepare for a future war with China in the region.
Critics of AUKUS and the growing US presence in Australia argue that the arrangement will make Australia a target in a future US-China war. Wormuth said earlier this year that the US was preparing to win a war against China over Taiwan and named Australia as a place to stage weapons for the conflict.
It must make Australia proud to have the US paint such a large target on their ass. That treatment is reserved only for the most subservient client states.
Waltzing Matilda will be played on Australian Nuclear Subs as the missiles fly.
LOLOLOLOLOL
Whenever I watch Crocodile Dundee, I’m reminded that it was the America woman who had his testicles in the palm of her hand.
Hell, the native population of that continent will just view this as business as usual.
WTF!!!
Any rational reasonably intelligent person can hear the war drums beating even if they bare stone deaf.
The war drums reverberate in my head every time I turn on the TV and watch just about anything! They’re definitely getting louder. I either need dump my TV or a new head. (Sarcasm)
Maybe US Eyes Detroit as Missile Testing Ground?
I LOVE IT! When the Demo Rats who pretend to care about the environment, acid rain, ozone layer, and every other scam they concocted while $hitting moral superiority on our face finally reveal their true self as maniacal anti-environment warmongers for bombing “uninhabited” nature and cluster bombs. The ugly truth is beautiful. (Sarcasm)
Same with the aid to Ukraine that they pass unanimously every time. I guess they don’t think those bombs go Boom!
“A challenge for us in the United States when it comes to hypersonics or even some of our things like the precision strike missile — which is not a hypersonic weapon but has very long ranges in some of its increments — for us to find open spaces in the United States where we can actually test these weapons, it’s a challenge,” Wormuth told AFP.
I know when I go to bed at night, I can’t help but think about where in the fuck (yes, my thoughts are vulgar too) are we going to be able to test our long-range hypersonic missiles. Thank gOD for those Aussies. I can now sleep soundly.
Biden want to turn the down under outback into upside down under.