The three countries, working together, are "arguably the grouping best suited to deliver tangible results when it comes to the balance of military power in the Indo-Pacific," a new report argues.
Key reports covered Japan's defense expansion, China's internal troubles and Australia's uneven pursuit of more naval power.
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
"Defence continues to enhance the size and lethality of Navy’s surface combatant fleet, as directed by Government in February 2024, and is progressing the acquisition of Australia’s general purpose frigate by engaging with exemplar platform nations and tenderers," an Australian DoD spokesman told Breaking Defense.