#Australia’s #defense spending hit a record high, making up almost 2.5 percent of the economy by late last year.

This is the highest since the 1990s, when the Cold War ended. This move is in response to Beijing’s growing aggression in the region.

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#Japan may put more effort into countering threats from #China. Japan’s ruling party made an unprecedented election pledge to double #Defense spending.

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#Japan may put more effort into countering threats from #China. Japan’s ruling party made an unprecedented election pledge to double #Defense spending.

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America's top diplomat and defense chief are meeting with their Japanese counterparts. Two major steps will lead to deeper #defense ties between the two countries to defend against China.

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#Taiwan ramps up its #Defense. Now the island’s navy is equipped with new vessels—installed with automated mine-deploying systems.

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#Defense chiefs from two of the world’s two biggest economies met in person for the first time in years. During the talks, their exchange soon turned heated over #Taiwan.

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The #Canadian #defense minister gives a briefing on the shooting down of an unidentified flying object in Canadian #airspace Saturday. As a joint operation with Canada, a U.S. plane carried out the task. This flying object is the third to be shot down in the past five days in the North American continent.
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🔴NTD LIVE: US #AirForce Chief of Staff General Charles Brown, Jr., on the National #Defense Strategy

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NTD LIVE: US Government #Testify to the House on Impacts of #COVID19 #Pandemic on Department of #Defense and Service Members

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NTD LIVE: #Defense Policy Changes in the #IndoPacific in Response to Rising Tensions Over #Taiwan: A GTI Event

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NTD LIVE: Congressional #Defense and Foreign Policy Forum Features #NorthKorean Escapees

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NTD LIVE: House Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing on #2024Budget for Department of #Defense

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NTD LIVE: Assistant Secretary of #Defense Ely Ratner Speaks on #Security Architecture in #IndoPacific

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French President Emmanuel #Macron emphasized the importance of European independence by calling on France’s EU allies to look at a more home-grown air #defense strategy in order to avoid becoming over-reliant on defense systems purchased outside of Europe. https://www.ntd.com/macron-urges-eu-to-avoid-us-reliance-and-develop-own-air-defense-system_926417.html

Only days after adopting a proposed $886 billion Fiscal Year 2024 #defense budget focused on countering #China’s growing military threat in the Western Pacific, key House Armed Services Committee members are returning to the United States after completing three days of unannounced conferencing with officials in Guam, Taiwan, and the Philippines. https://www.ntd.com/bipartisan-lawmakers-visit-taiwan-amid-heightened-china-threat_928278.html

NTD LIVE: Reps. #MikeGarcia and Others Hold Press Conference on #Defense Appropriations Bill

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