Australia to join US, India, Japan for military exercises
F18 aircrafts are parked on U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ during the Malabar 2017 tri-lateral exercises between India, Japan and US. Source: AP Photo/Rishi Lekhi)
For the first time in more than a decade, Australia is taking part in naval exercises with the United States, Japan and India in a move likely to further escalate tensions with China. Australia was formally invited to re-join the annual Malabar drills with the so-called "quad" countries after the Rudd government withdrew from them in 2008.
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