Pentagon's New High-Tech Deal with Australia, Britain, Aims to Counter China
Voice of America
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.
This handout photo taken June 9, 2024, and provided by the South Korean Defense Ministry shows unidentified objects believed to be North Korean trash from balloons that crossed the inter-Korea border, on a street in Seoul. A North Korean military guard post, top, and South Korean post, bottom, are seen from Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, May 31, 2024.