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| Ohio-class guided missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) arrives at HMAS Stirling. |
Australia
has rejected a proposal to host a US nuclear aircraft carrier strike group on
its west coast.
A
Pentagon-commissioned report on repositioning US forces in the region had
suggested relocating a carrier from the US East Coast to an Australian naval
base south of Perth as part of a shift in the US military’s overseas deployment
to the Asia-Pacific region. The report had been drafted by the Center for
Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank.
Australian
Defense Minister Stephen Smith said on Thursday that Australia's Indian Ocean
base, HMAS Stirling would never become a US military base, although,
negotiations were underway to increase the US Navy’s access to the outpost.
"We
have made it crystal clear from the first moment - we don't have United States
military bases in Australia. We don't see the need for that," The
Associated Press quoted Smith as saying on Australian Broadcasting Corp.
television.
"It's
a suggestion by an independent think tank. It's not one we're proposing to take
up," he said.
Hugh
White, the head of Australian National University's Strategic and Defense
Studies Center, said Chinese objections were the major reason why Australia was
unlikely to ever allow US bases on its territory.
(press tv)
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