![Pentagon’s assistant secretary for Asian and pacific security affairs said B-1s would be sent to Australia B-1B Lancer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5W5qEqjv-QI2qvJjD77YlZej-WQFT-hzHaw2T2cCSlQHG0yQjYVX26482JKi4v8fBHZtuewJZrYZRLIV4sNLyVtP2w3ngOuP00wi57tYJBhAbqgKsEjTDhSu2M5dDGzSKrfle/s640/B-1B_Lancer.jpg)
David Shear, the Pentagon’s assistant secretary for Asian and pacific security affairs, told a U.S. Senate hearing this week that strategic bombers would be sent to Australia. “We will be placing additional air force assets in Australia... including B-1 bombers and surveillance aircraft,” he said.
The presence of B-1s—designed in the 1980s for long-range nuclear strikes—would represent a significant boost to the deterrent capability of U.S. forces in Australia, where ports and air bases are attractive because of their close access to Asia at a safe distance from potential aggressors.
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