Australia: America will not protect us

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Kevin Rudd warns his country that the United States will not be able to protect Australia in the near future. Rudd warns that China's growing power, and America's declining power will result in them having to increase their military spending and prepare for a multibillion-dollar build-up of naval and air forces to ensure that Australia can defend its northern and sea approaches. At the same time Obama wants to cut more of the US military. The world is changing........

THE Rudd Government has acknowledged that the supremacy of the US has begun to fade and Australia is preparing for an uncertain future in which it can no longer rely on the protection of its main ally.

In a fundamental shift in defence plans, the Government has explicitly declared that US primacy in the Asia-Pacific - the bedrock of the nation's security since World War II - may be ending. The change, caused by the rise of new great powers such as China, is set to produce growing regional tensions and a "sudden deterioration" in Australia's security.

A 20-year defence blueprint, to be released by the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, today, prepares for a multibillion-dollar build-up of naval and air forces to ensure that Australia can defend its northern and sea approaches.

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