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United States Deploys 1200 Marines in Darwin as Tensions Between China And Australia Escalate Over COVID-19 Outbreak

During the upcoming weeks, the US plans to station 1200 marines in Australia as tensions rise between China and the Western world.

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Reports claim the activity to be a ‘show of military might’ by the US, amidst the blame game over COVID-19.

The main unit will start to arrive at Darwin, during early June. However, an advanced force party, comprising around 54 marines is already stationed at the Northern Territory, since the past two months.

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The United States will send 1,200 Marines to Australia in coming weeks amid increasing tensions between Western nations and China over COVID0-19. A Marine is pictured stepping off a flight to join the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin in April 2018
Source: Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani/dvids

The annual rotation at Darwin was postponed earlier March, where speculations about its cancellation also grew. The US Federal Government stated that it would not send its marines, amidst fears of COVID-19. This decision was soon reversed weeks later.

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After arriving, all marines will undergo 14 days of quarantine. They will also be vigorously screened through a strict testing regime. This is an attempt to prevent the rapid spread of the virus towards remote Aboriginal tribes in Australia.

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Source: Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani/dvids

The US-based troops will then practice military exercises with Australian counterparts in their territory, up until September. An estimate of around 2500 marines will take part in the exercise. This is the same number of troops to be stationed at Darwin late last year.

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The marines will first reach a staging base at Okinawa in Japan, where they will already be in isolation. They will be screened four days before leaving this camp, followed by further COVID-19 testing at Darwin, post quarantine.

The Northern Territory has not had a new case of COVID-19 detected for more than six weeks and is now effectively considered coronavirus-free. Marines are pictured being screened at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, on May 15
Source: Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani/dvids

Linda Reynolds, the Australian minister of Defense described the deployment as an act to demonstrate the strengthened defense alliance between both Australia and the US. She further went on to claim how the exercise is a ‘shared commitment to regional security.’

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It supports increased regional engagement with partners in the Indo-Pacific, and is meant to better position both country
Source: Cpl.point 117 | Harrison Rakhshani/dvids

The deployment this year comes in light of the deteriorating relations between China with the Western Nations.point 234 |

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China is reportedly infuriated by independent inquiry claims by Australia into the spread as well as the origin of the Corona pandemic.point 114 | At the same time, US President Donald Trump has also accused China for covering up the Corona Virus and being slow to curb its spread.point 224 | 1

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Only time can prove whether or not this is the start of a new cold war between China and the US.

 

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