The US now has access to more than half Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war? — SkimNews
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- US military interests and US-controlled weapons corporations control or have access to more than 100 defence facilities spread across the Australian continent.
- Analysts quoted in the investigation characterise the scale of US access as amounting to a 'colonisation' of Australia's military.
- The investigation publishes a map cataloguing the 100+ US-linked Australian defence installations, described as the most comprehensive public accounting of the arrangement to date.
- Australia faces the risk of being dragged unwillingly into a US-led war because its bases are now effectively under US military control, the report warns.
- US-controlled weapons corporations — not just uniformed forces — hold access to Australian military sites, blurring the line between allied presence and commercial footprint.
Why it matters: Australia has quietly granted US military interests and US-controlled weapons corporations control or access to more than 100 defence facilities across the continent, per the investigation. If the analysts are right that this constitutes military 'colonisation', Canberra's ability to stay out of a US conflict is materially diminished — Australian bases could pull the country into a war its government never voted for.
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