The United States will look to increase troop and military aircraft rotations in Australia as cooperation between the allies ramps up, following the recent signing of the AUKUS trilateral, security agreement amid ongoing tensions with Beijing in the region. Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton visited and met with their U.S. counterparts, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, for four hours on Sept. 17 morning EST, during the 2021 iteration of the AUSMIN talks—which are held annually. Austin said increasing the U.S. military’s presence in Australia was an exciting opportunity. “Today, we endorsed major force posture initiatives that will expand our access and presence in Australia,” he told reporters in Washington D.C. Dutton said, “The air capability will be enhanced, the maritime capability enhanced, and certainly the force posture enhanced.” “If that includes basing and includes the storage of different ordinances, I …