Australia, England and the United States strengthen cooperation with Japan

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting The “De Volte” newspaper, in the framework of ACOS military operation, the countries of Australia, England and the United States of America want to form a counterweight for China in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In this way, this military alliance can also be extended to Japan. The country will then participate in the development of hypersonic weapons.

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have announced that they are considering cooperation between their ACOS military alliance and They are Japan. “Japan’s strengths and close bilateral defense partnerships” with these countries make it a candidate for the partnership, a statement from the alliance’s partners released on Tuesday said.

Aukus was founded in 2021 in response to China’s growing dominance in the Indo-Pacific. This alliance has two main goals: the goal of the first pillar is to equip Australia with a fleet of nuclear submarines, which, of course, is a nuclear propulsion system, not nuclear weapons.

Pillar two focuses on the development of advanced combat capabilities such as artificial intelligence, underwater drones, and hypersonic missiles. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in Canberra on Tuesday that Japan’s contribution would cover only pillar two. According to him, Japan is a “natural candidate” for this.

This statement came a few hours before the scheduled meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Joe Biden. , the president of the United States was published. Japan’s possible future projects in this alliance are expected to focus on “advanced capabilities”.

The United States would like to include Japan in this alliance, but According to this country, some measures should be taken for this purpose, including the country should improve in the field of cyber security and protection of secret information. Kurt Campbell, US Deputy Secretary of State, said: Japan has taken some steps, but not all of them. It is seen as protecting Taiwan, which China views as a separatist republic and has long feared an invasion. China’s neighbors in the Pacific also complain that the country is expanding its territorial claims in the region.

As ​​the Financial Times reported, the Philippines could also be a candidate. Be a member of this coalition. China has repeatedly and openly disputed the sovereignty rights in the South China Sea with this island country.

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