Australia, US and Japan strike missile agreement to deter China

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The three nations will launch a new air defence strategy in the Indo Pacific, US President Joe Biden announced.

Australia, the United States and Japan will launch a new air defence strategy, US President Joe Biden announced today.

"Today we announce our vision to co-operate on a networked air defence architecture among the United States, Japan, and Australia to counter growing air and missile threats," a joint statement between the two leaders said."We will explore enhanced cooperation, including missile defence information sharing to counter growing air and missile threats.

In their joint statement, the US and Japan leaders said they were committed to pursuing a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

 

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