The US plans to deploy B-52 bombers to Australia, in Washington’s latest effort to boost military co-operation with Canberra and send a strong signal to China as tensions mount in the Indo-Pacific.
The Pentagon will deploy the B-52s, which carry nuclear or conventional weapons, to Australia’s Northern Territories as part of rotational bomber task forces that conduct exercises with allies. They will be deployed to Tindal air force base for short missions, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The US has deployed B-52s to Australia before. In 2018, two of the bombers conducted exercises with Australian forces in Darwin.
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