
A Guardian investigation reveals the extensive US military presence across Australia, with most bases under US control or access, prompting warnings from analysts about strategic overreach and potential entanglement in conflict.
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The United States maintains military facilities across Australia, including surveillance bases and training sites, under various agreements that grant US forces access and operational control.
Dotted like an outline around parts of Australia’s coast are military bases – the majority of which the US has control of or access to. Now a special Guardian investigation reveals the breadth of Donald Trump’s US military presence in the country, to a scale that the Australian public might not be aware of. Some analysts are warning it represents a ‘saturation’ or ‘colonisation’ of the Australian continent.
Senior reporter Ben Doherty speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether America’s strong military presence in Australia could drag us unwillingly into war
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Increased public debate and scrutiny over the extent and terms of US military presence in Australia
Likely · Within weeks

US military interests control or have access to more than half of Australia's military bases, according to new data from the Nautilus Institute published by the Guardian, with analysts warning this saturation could drag Australia unwillingly into a US war with China.

A Guardian investigation reveals the extensive US military presence across Australia, with most bases under US control or access, raising concerns among analysts about potential saturation or colonisation and the risk of Australia being drawn into war unwillingly.
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