Monday, October 31, 2022

U.S. To Deploy Nuclear-Capable B-52 Bombers To Australia's North

 

ABC News Australia: US Air Force to deploy nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Australia as tensions with China grow 

The United States is preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to northern Australia, a provocative move experts say is aimed squarely at China. 

An investigation by Four Corners can reveal Washington is planning to build dedicated facilities for the giant aircraft at Tindal air base, south of Darwin. 

The US has drawn up detailed plans for what it calls a "squadron operations facility" for use during the Northern Territory dry season, an adjoining maintenance centre and a parking area for "six B-52s".  

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WNU Editor: This is aimed at China, and Beijing has no illusions on what the US is doing.

Update: Yup. A big bullseye .... Why the United States' big plan to deploy huge nuclear bombers to the Northern Territory is going to put a 'bullseye' on Australia as tensions with China rise (Daily Mail). 

U.S. To Deploy Nuclear-Capable B-52 Bombers To Australia's North  

U.S. plans to deploy B-52 bombers to Australia's north -source -- Reuters  

US Building Facility to Base B-52 Bombers in Australia, ABC Says -- Bloomberg  

US to send B-52 bombers to Australia in HUGE move against China -- Yahoo News 

US plans to deploy B-52 bombers to northern Australia: Report -- Al Jazeera

3 comments:

  1. Hell yeah. First Finland, now Australia, and nobody knows who's going to step up next to absorb some of the Russian/Chinese arsenal on our behalf. A few more bases and I might have a chance of surviving this thing after all...

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    1. Just move to the western seabord-- upwind of U.S. targets!

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  2. It's only temporarily landing a few planes, let's not over egg ya pudding

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