{"id":66593,"date":"2019-08-05T21:41:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T21:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/05\/australia-says-it-wont-be-hosting-us-missile-site\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:16:01","slug":"australia-says-it-wont-be-hosting-us-missile-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/08\/05\/australia-says-it-wont-be-hosting-us-missile-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia says it won\u2019t be hosting US missile site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SYDNEY \u2014 Australian officials confirmed Monday that their country will not be used as a base for any planned U.S. mid-range missiles following talks with American officials in Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said at last weekend\u2019s meetings that he wanted to deploy intermediate range conventional missiles at various Asia-Pacific sites within months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move follows the Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/08\/02\/landmark-us-russia-arms-control-treaty-is-dead\/\" target=_blank>withdrawal from a Cold War-era arms control treaty<\/a> with Russia. It also comes in the wake of Chinese military expansion in the Asia-Pacific, and is likely to anger Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/08\/04\/esper-us-to-soon-put-intermediate-range-missile-in-asia\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/48449802042_f69f541ec5_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Esper: US to soon put intermediate range missile in Asia<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he wants to deploy an intermediate range conventional missile in the Pacific region within months, now that the Trump administration has formally pulled out of a Cold War-era arms control treaty with Russia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Defense Minister Linda Reynolds said Monday that while the locations for the missile bases were not yet known, Australia would not be one of them. 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