History repeating: Australian military power in the Cocos Islands

 2500 US Marines will be deployed near Darwin in coming years, but we could also see an expanded American military presence elsewhere in northern Australia. AAP/Malone In the earliest days of World War I, Australia recorded its first major naval victory when HMAS Sydney sank the German light cruiser Emden off the Cocos Islands.Nearly a century later, the remote island and atoll group off the northwestern coast is again an area of major military importance.In late November 2011,

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