Agreement for US troops in Australia

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New agreement to be signed ... Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop arrives back in Sydney with US Secretary of State, John Kerry. Picture: Bradley Hunter Source: News Corp Australia

US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to arrive in Australia for the annual AUSMIN talks.

AUSTRALIA and the United States will sign a landmark agreement in Sydney today to allow American forces greater access to Australian bases and facilities.

The annual AUSMIN talks will include a signing ceremony for a new Force Posture Agreement that will see 2500 US Marines and dozens of US war planes and warships exercising and replenishing at Australian ranges and bases in the Northern Territory and at HMAS Stirling near Perth.

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The talks will also open the way for Australia to become part of America's global ballistic missile shield and will focus on the rising tide of Islamic militancy in Iraq and Syria, the Ukraine and Afghanistan.

As Sydney airport's VIP parking area choked up with a US air force C-17 transport jet, a 747 jumbo, 757 and 737 passenger jets carrying dozens of US officials, security personnel and tonnes of equipment, the talkfest kicked off last night with a dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister David Johnston for their respective US counterparts John Kerry and Chuck Hagel.

Always a happier man nowadays ... tAustralian Ambassador to the United States, Kim Beazley, greets US Secretary of State, John Kerry. Picture: Bradley Hunter Source: News Corp Australia

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Following talks with Senator Johnston yesterday (MON) Secretary Hagel assured the world that the US was a "Pacific power" and was "not going anywhere".

Countering concerns from some countries about China's growing militancy in the South China Sea, Mr Hagel said the US had 200 warships and 360,000 personnel based in the Asia-Pacific region.

He said five of his country's seven treaty arrangements were with nations in this region including Australia.

"We had Marines on a rotational basis in Australia … we have LCS ship rotation in Singapore and we have just concluded new arrangements with the Philippines to use bases there," he said.

"Yes we are committed."

Senator Johnston said Australia was "delighted" with the increased US presence in the north.

Mr Hagel said there was a great opportunity for Australia to be part of the US ballistic missile defence system.

"We think there is great opportunity and possibility as we go forward and develop some options."

Senator Johnston said any upgrade to Australian warships and land based systems for ballistic missile defence would cost billions of dollars and was a "long, long" way off.

"What we have asked the Americans to do is to send a team over to scope out what the initial steps are in terms of acquisition … and sustainment of a credible ballistic missile defence system.

"It is not something you are going to see this decade."

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