#military-cooperation

#military-cooperation

"This is clearly the biggest defense-industry agreement that has ever been struck between Japan and Australia," Marles said, touting the deal.

The two-day joint military deployment that kicked off on Sunday is likely to anger China, which claims nearly the entire key waterway and has separate territorial disputes with the two Asian countries.

United States President Donald Trump said he has reached a trade deal with the Philippines, charging it 19 percent tariff rate for goods it exports to the US.

The US plans to sell Patriot batteries and other weapons to European allies that would be transferred to Kyiv in a coordinated effort to enhance Ukraine's air defense.

It's been quite extraordinary that actually so few have gotten through. Now, of course, only one ballistic missile needs to get through the layered air defense system in order to cause terrible casualties and potential devastation.

The partnership between Iran and Russia to produce Iranian-designed drones on Russian soil has deepened military ties between the two heavily sanctioned states and substantially boosted Russia's domestic drone industry.

The British government announced on Monday that new agreements had been sealed on defence cooperation, food trade and border checks, signaling a strengthening of ties post-Brexit.