Which countries are the "closest 2-way allies of u. s." that we are their ally and they are ours? In what way?

[strateguy632]

In what way are countries allies of u. s. and who is/are closest.

In terms of money those who buy our expensive jets are "precious allies" but we wouldn't sell to north korea! Only to ally so in what way and which?

Japan

Germany

Poland

Romania

Other?

[thearchjoker]

Its hands down Israel followed by the UK, the fact both aren't on the poll is quite surprising

[strateguy632]

I agree , but i was hoping people like you recognized that, despite my distraction list, from a dumb website.

[thearchjoker]

50% did

[Dongie]

Israel

[RavVid]

You have omitted all the five eyes countries from your list. That is a pretty significant intelligence sharing group of US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.

With AUKUS both the US & UK will transfer nuclear sub technology to Australia. First off the shipyards are Virginia class subs. The only other time, the US transferred was the UK in 1958. There will be personnel exchanges as well.

This is kinda a big deal trusted partnership. No prizes for guessing who you-know-who is in all this.

Japan is joining AUKUS to make it a more pronounceable JAUKUS but as Japan doesn't have 5 eyes processes there are limits to information sharing I've read. Aside from nuclear subs there are other military technology exchanges with the US and UK. One delivered US missile can sink China bound oil tankers in the Malacca straits. Don't know we bought them but we have 'em. Incidentally Australia has the largest fleet of F35s outside the US. That may have changed recently with recent deals but it at least was so in the recent past..

The US is going with the Boeing Australia Wedgetail AWACS to replace older AWACS as some other allies such as UK have already done. Australia is a participant within the US military complex if that is not clear..

Australia has a long military history with the US. The US lent our General, Sir John Monash, four corps for the Battle of Hamel on the 4th of July 1918 (WW1) and there has been very close cooperation between our forces ever since especially in the pacific theatre in WW2. Military exercises are routinely conducted.

There are various ways you can assess closest/most important and that is going to varying on current geopol of course.

With the AUKUS Virginia nuclear sub deal, Australia is in the upper tier along with the UK I would suggest.

[strateguy632]

But that is the WRONG order before you Can share information first need to be an ally.

[RavVid]

? Wrong order? I would have thought an ally was having military treaties, sharing information and military hardware and doing so in away that both forces can interoperate for mutual benefit.

At a personal level people will say friend when they should say acquaintance. The word ally can be misapplied in a similar war. and might be used to indicate a vaguely friendly country.

In what way does several military treaties not make us Allies?

[BCA6010]

Australia is actually the US's most loyal military ally throughout history, yes even moreso than the UK. After that is more debatable, though depending on who you ask and whether you confine it to recent years or further back, it is either Israel, the United Kingdom, or Poland.

[strateguy632]

Military?
That makes no sense! Who did australia help u. s. fight? Or vice versa? Nobody.

[BCA6010]

Every war since WW1 Australia has been the only US ally to show up, and they also commit a higher percentage of actual combat troops and not just rear echelon support units. The most significant disparity is the Vietnam war, in which the UK did not participate because they were busy fucking up their own African colonies and France had already withdrawn.

[BCA6010]

*Only US ally to always show up*

[matchrestore]

United Kingdom, Canada, Germany

[strateguy632]

Why do you isolate those? Many countries are in the coalition about houthi shopping and were fighting isis in syria and in libya?

[strateguy632]

*shipping

[Drewtate]

Britain & Japan

[strateguy632]

We help them but i don't see how they help us?

[Drewtate]

For the past 80 years Japan has provided the us with a massive base to conduct operations in the south east pacfic. In iraq and Afghanistan the UK provided a fairly significant proportion of forces for the war on terror which was huge proportion of their own. 220,550 UK military personnel were deployed in the war on terror, that's the size of the entire us marine Corp. That's 220,550 US personel that werent deployed. The Australians or Canadians might be 2nd or 3rd. Maybe south Koreans. South Koreans and Australians provided forces for the Vietnam war.

[Drewtate]

Also military technology with the UK and many of other us allies.

[avery58]

The UK