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Australia and China to join in war games

Report: Australia Plans War Games with China, Defense News,
Dec. 27, 201    By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY — Australia and China
are planning joint military exercises that may also include the United
States as the nations work to ensure stability in the region,
Canberra’s defense chief said Dec. 27.

Gen. David Hurley told The Australian newspaper that the war games
were “on the short-term horizon.”

“We’re working our way towards that,” he said.

The planned exercises come as Washington pushes to bolster its
military might in the strategically vital Asia-Pacific amid concerns
about China’s increasing assertiveness and territorial tensions with
its neighbors.

This includes an enhanced U.S. naval presence in the region and the
deployment of up to 2,500 Marines to a barracks near the northern
Australian city of Darwin.

The Marines contingent has irked Beijing, which has described its
presence as proof of a “Cold-War mentality”.

Hurley revealed that Australian and Chinese military leaders had
discussed joint exercises “in principle.”…. “When, where and in what
form would be the next iteration of the discussion.”…. Hurley said
he wanted to see strong military-to-military links throughout the
region, including with Beijing…..
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121227/DEFREG03/312270002/Report-Australia-Plans-War-Games-China?odyssey=nav%7Chead

December 28, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, weapons and war