Australia joins ࢀœQuadࢀ military exercises directed against China

Register Now Kishi and Reynolds committed their governments to intensifying their military collaboration, featuring ࢀœmaritime activities in the South China Seaࢀ and ࢀœincreasing the complexity and sophistication of bilateral exercises and operations, including testing of air-to-air refuelling.ࢀ US-aligned commentators in Australia hailed these moves. In the Murdoch media, Greg Sheridan, the foreign editor of the Australia n , noted: ࢀœJoint naval exercises such as Malabar do not equate to a military pact. However, they are extremely useful. They do signal to Beijing that the region is capable of serious military co-operation.ࢀ In its editorial, the Australian further stoked the anti-China…