CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia is reviewing how its deploys its defense forces in response to a military buildup in Asian countries such as China and India and the growing need to protect its natural gas resources off its northwest coast, the government said Wednesday.
The review by former defense bureaucrats will report to the government early next year and will complement a U.S. review that will determine how Australia's most important defense ally deploys its forces in the Asia-Pacific region, Defense Minister Stephen Smith said.
Most of Australia's navy and air force is based in the country's southeast, where most Australians live, but most of its largest resource …
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