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Japan, Australia, and US deepen air power cooperation with joint drills

Japan and Australia are strengthening their military ties, underscored by recent joint stealth fighter exercises and a new trilateral logistics agreement with the US. These collaborative efforts, including the multinational exercise involving around 100 aircraft and the Southern Cross drills, highlight a strategic pivot in allied air power. Northern Australia is emerging as a crucial hub for sustaining coalition operations and building industrial capacity for potential prolonged conflicts, enhancing the survivability and interoperability of participating forces. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster details a significant shift in geopolitical military strategy and cooperation between allied nations, involving joint exercises and logistics arrangements. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Gabriel Dominguez ·

    Why Japanese stealth fighters over Australia signal a strategic pivot against China

    Japanese F-35A stealth fighters are flying training missions over Australia for the first time in Exercise Pitch Black – part of a broader defence pivot that experts say could bolster US and allied resilience against Beijing in a Taiwan contingency. The multinational exercise, he…