US is increasing its military mark in Australia when tensions with China increases

Town training area Townsville, Queensland, Australia -Ash are expanding their military presence in Northern Australia as it looks on the project power and provides curbing from China's increasing threat in the Asia-Pacific region. It is believed that Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered to be armed Ready to invade Taiwan Island by 2027, if necessary, causing fear of a conflict that can attract US forces.

In response to Beijing's expanding mark in the region, the US saw Australia, a country located about two and a half thousand miles south Chinaas a key strategic partner.

In 2012, the first deployment of approximately 200 US infantryfires was spinning through the northern territory of the country. Now it's almost 2500 each year. Now the military presence in the United States has been in the largest since 1945 at the end of World War II.

CBS News gained access to the US Marine Corps, including Australian and Japanese allies in a strong hinterland as the preparation for Chinese aggression is increasing.

The exercise involved Australian troops, which play the role of combat participants who attack the Marine infantry platoon. Swile was conducted by more than 500 Marines and more than 2,000 troops, more than Maryland.

“Knowledge of how each other works is extremely important, and being prepared to be critical,” said Major Nicolas Fust, an officer who commanded the exercise with sea rotational forces.

Military experts say the Chinese invasion of Taiwan is not inevitable, and China may want to avoid war, especially from the US, but China's armed forces are experiencing unprecedented modernization – from aircraft carriers to hypersonic missiles.

While the key goal of the United States and its allies in the region is to restrain any potential Chinese aggression, Ben Maklannan foreman, commander of the 3rd Australian Defense Brigade, said CBS News that they are preparing for the worst possible result.

“Whenever you do such exercises, it is a rehearsal – and you treat it as your last opportunity to do it before the war came,” he said. “Rehearsal for war, similar to which we did not see after World War II.”