The United States is showing interest in utilizing Australia's under-used northern military bases to bolster regional defences, as Australia's northern borders are seen as strategically vulnerable. Officials are discussing potential bilateral military cooperation in the region.
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China completes first stage of work at disputed South China Sea reef, images show reuters.com
China has completed the first phase of construction on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago, building a man-made island in the hotly-disputed South China Sea that analysts say will form part of its largest military base.
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Completion of work on Chinese man-made island ready for Taiwan invasion The Taiwanese aren't gullible idiots like Americans are, though. They see the threat up close and personal, every day, see what Beijing requires of its own people. www.dailymail.com/news/article... China has completed the first phase of construction on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago, building a man-made island in th