Pentagon forges new high-tech agreement with Australia, United Kingdom, aimed at countering China

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Open this photo in gallery: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes remarks at a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, on Nov. 22, at the Pentagon in Washington.Cliff Owen/The Associated Press From underwater drones to electronic warfare, the U.S. is expanding its high-tech military co-operation with Australia and the United Kingdom as part of a broader effort to counter China’s rapidly growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with defence chiefs from Australia and the United Kingdom at the U.S. military’s defence technology hub in Silicon Valley on Friday to forge a new agreement to increase technology...