Pentagon's New High-Tech Deal with Australia, Britain, Aims to Counter China

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks Nov. 22, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. FILE - China's President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in California, Nov. 16, 2023.

From underwater drones to electronic warfare, the U.S. is expanding its high-tech military cooperation with Australia and the United Kingdom as part of a broader effort to counter China's rapidly growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.