is now mainly responsible for the US Navy’s combat missions in the Western Pacific region, the Seventh Fleet. In addition to facing my country’s waters, this fleet also needs to be wary of Russia and pay some attention to the Indian Ocean region. Against this background, the U.S. military seems to feel that the Seventh Fleet is a little difficult to support and requires a new combat force to take charge of an area alone. Under such circumstances, the plan to rebuild the First Fleet was proposed by U.S. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite. . The Americans themselves have not paid special attention to this infancy plan, and another country cannot wait to participate in it.
According to a report from the Global Times on December 5, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) recently issued a document stating that if the US Navy wants the "First Fleet", it must require support from regional allies, including the help of bases and other ancillary facilities, although Singapore is The main goal of the United States, but because Singapore is not very active on deployment issues, Australia may become an important base for the "First Fleet." At the same time, ABC also pointed out that Australia has long accepted the docking of US warships and has a lot of experience in providing logistical assistance, and the Australian government is also willing to provide assistance to the US government. Therefore, Australia is highly likely to become an important base for the First Fleet.
When the US Navy was still planning the establishment of the First Fleet, Australia jumped out to support it. This shows that Australia seems very eager to hope that the United States can deploy troops here. According to US Secretary of the Navy Braithwaite’s vision, the First Fleet will be set up at the junction of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean to be responsible for US naval activities in the Indo-Pacific waters. Australia’s location does not seem to be very ideal and does not meet the definition of the Indo-Pacific border. . It is a little farther away to project troops to the important Strait of Malacca or to East Asia. In fact, the United States did not expect to rely on Australia as the newest base at the beginning. Singapore is the first choice.
Australia is so eager to hope that the US military will establish a base for the first fleet on its own soil. On the surface, it is only Australia's desire to deploy US forces in its own country. But at a deeper level, Australia does not want its importance to be weakened and hopes that the United States will continue to value itself. Performance. Due to its geographical location, Australia is isolated from Western countries, but Australia has always considered itself as a unit of Western countries, and even considered itself part of the most powerful group. Before, they were part of the United Kingdom. Now they may think of themselves as the United States. Part of it. For Australia, the most terrifying thing is that they suddenly discovered that their importance is almost no longer. The United States and Western countries do not need Australia's support, which will make Australia an island. Australia's own strength is obviously not enough to sustain the dream of its own so-called heir to a superpower.
Therefore, Australia needs to prove its importance and at the same time strengthen its ties with Western groups. This is why Australia was eager to get ahead of the West in news and public opinion, and even rushed to the front line in terms of Western accusations of the epidemic against my country. Now Australia is eager to build the First Fleet on its own territory, and it is also for a similar purpose, that is, to play its own importance and make the United States value its own existence. To some extent, Australia is also very pitiful. It considers itself part of the superpower, but it has no sense of security. It needs to flatter the United States to show its loyalty. However, considering Australia’s geographic location, the United States may not necessarily accept Australia’s initiative.
