Australia Hopes to Join India-US-Japan Naval Drills

Australia wants to join India, the United States and Japan in joint naval exercises in the Indian Ocean, widening participation in multilateral drills as China's influence in the region grows. Australian Defense Minister Kevin Andrews said expanding the exercises to include more countries would help avoid military mistakes in a region where China and India are increasingly competing. "Exercising together is one way to avoid some kind of miscalculation happening," he...

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