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Liu Luechang: Providing a firing range for Japan, Canberra risks becoming a target

刘略昌:给日本提供靶场,堪培拉小心成靶子

A Global Times commentary warns that Australia is deepening military ties with Japan, particularly by offering its test ranges for Japan's hypersonic missile development. The author argues that Canberra is being drawn into Tokyo's 'southward advance' strategy and will face increased security risks.

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The piece frames the Japan-Australia cooperation as a dangerous entanglement, using the metaphor 'providing a firing range, Canberra risks becoming a target' (给日本提供靶场,堪培拉小心成靶子).

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