Top News | US is sending B2 stealth bombers & fleet of fighter jets to Australia as military threats from China & North Korea grow
THE US is looking to send B2 stealth bombers and a fleet of fighter jets to Australia amid a growing military threat from China and North Korea. Military resources will also be bolstered in Guam with bases there upgraded, according to a new Pentagon review.
A new review suggests new B2 stealth bombers and F-22 and F-35 fighter jets could be deployed The report says the changes are necessary to "deter potential Chinese military aggression and threats from North Korea". It also suggests new B2 stealth bombers and F-22 and F-35 fighter jets could soon be deployed. The review looks to a growing focus on the the Indo-Pacific region "to enable improved warfighting readiness and increased activities.... RISING TENSIONS Mara Karlin, deputy under secretary for policy at the US's Department of Defence, said: "In Australia, you'll see new rotational fighter and bomber aircraft deployments. ...You'll see ground forces training and increased logistics cooperation, and more broadly across the Indo-Pacific, you'll see a range of infrastructure improvements, in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Australia.... The Biden administration has focused its attention on countering China as it bolsters its own military amid rising tensions over Taiwan. Most read in The Sun BENEFIT BOOST Universal Credit £1k boost to hit bank accounts TOMORROW in Sun campaign win SHERI SMASH HORROR Sheridan Smith in high-speed crash as she smashes Range Rover into tree EXTRA BENEFIT Full list of new benefit rates revealed ahead of rise - how much you'll get GET THEM IN THERE I'm A Celeb WILL return - after being axed again tonight amid storm fears HAIR THIS You've been using dry shampoo wrong - it's about WHEN you spray it, not how much O-MI Man Utd clash against Young Boys could be MOVED to neutral country over Omicron Taiwan broke away from China in 1949 but the Chinese ruling party regards the island as a ...renegade state... and has repeatedly vowed to take it back by force if necessary by 2050. Any invasion would represent a serious escalation of hostilities and could drag in the US through its pact to defend Taiwan. SUCKED INTO CONFLICT Washington's regional allies such as South Korea, Japan and Australia could also be sucked into a conflict as would Nato forces such as the UK because the US is a member of the alliance. Vice Adm. Karl Thomas said this week that it is important to put on a united front to "other nations that might be more aggressive and authoritarian... when probed on Russia and China. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in September that the nuclear arms race has the globe teetering ...unacceptably close... to mass atomic destruction. In October the US formed a strategic Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and Britain to counter China. China reacted angrily, accusing the US and its English-speaking partners of embarking on a project that will destabilize the Pacific to the detriment of global security. 
The Pentagon review looks to a growing focus on the the Indo-Pacific region ...to enable improved warfighting readiness and increased activities' We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The US Sun team? Email us at exclusive@the-sun.com or call 212 416 4552. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSunUS and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunUS Source:
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