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U.S. Gains Access to More Than Half of Australia’s Military Bases

The Pentagon said U.S. forces now have operational access to more than half of Australia’s defense installations, significantly expanding the American military footprint in the Indo-Pacific amid intensifying strategic competition with China.
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