# The US now has access to more than half of Australia’s military bases – could it drag the country unwillingly into war?

https://mins.news/en/item/47614

- The Guardian, 2026-09-06 20:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/07/us-military-bases-in-australia-map-list-spy-satellite-pine-gap

> The US military and US defence corporations control or can access 110 facilities in Australia, more than half of the country’s military installations. Analysts describe the footprint as a saturation, or even colonisation, of Australia’s military and warn that the alliance could pull Australia unwillingly into war. The facilities support intelligence gathering, satellite data access, training, communications interception and pre-positioned war matériel.