Townsville, Australia. (August 26, 2022): In this photo by Senior Airman Faith Schaefer, a U.S. CH-47F Chinook helicopter is unloaded from C-5 Super Galaxy transport plane at Royal Australian Air Force Base, Townsville, Australia as part of the Defense Department’s Foreign Military Sales Program. The U.S. and Australia maintain a robust relationship based upon shared democratic values and a devotion to freedom and democracy. This strong alliance is key to the peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific to counter territorial designs by China.
Townsville, Australia. (August 26, 2022): No, an AUKUS is not a furry creature indigenous to Australia but rather a trilateral security agreement between Australia, Britain, and the United States to share defense technology, something China fears… and for good reason.
While provisions helping Australia acquire nuclear submarines has grabbed all the headlines, it is the “targeted” cooperation on advanced intelligence gathering technology, cyber warfare, and quantum computing that has Chinese war planners the most concerned.And they should be.
As Australia acquires these advanced defense technologies, the Chinese realize the threat it poses to their designs on the Indo-Pacific region. The prospect of Australian nuclear submarines operating continuously in the South China Sea has unnerved China, but it is the potential development of long-range missiles, advanced guided weapons, and large undersea drones that has them most alarmed.
In the photo above, U.S. airmen from Dover Air Force Base unload a CH47F Chinook helicopter as part of America’s foreign military sales program to Australia and will be become part of the Royal Australian Air Force. American servicemembers are routinely deployed to help train and maintain these aircraft to ensure Australia has the tools it needs to police the Southwest Pacific.
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