Since the announcement in September 2021 that Australia intended to acquire nuclear-powered submarines in partnership with ...

the day U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's commitment to the Philippines, which disputes some of Beijing's claims in the waterway. Asia Pacificcategory Australia's Albanese ...

In February 2025, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles and reiterated the department’s commitment to expanding ...

Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro and Australian Minister for Defense Industry Pat Conroy. The meeting was arranged on the occasion of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting ...