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Capabilities, regional engagement and military operations. ultimately we're cooperating all fronts. tomorrow secretary austin and minister dutton will join secretary state blinken and the minister of australia of foreign affairs maurice payne for two plus two meeting at the state department. also, this week, the navy completed a new milestone. the first aerial refuelling of an f-35 lightning craft but an unmanned platform on monday. the milestone is significant because unmanned tanking capabilities will free up the navy's strike fighters that are carrying out the tanking commission delivering ...

Your thoughts. >> you may have seen last night, the dprk fired two short range missiles to the sea of japan. they're in violation with many security council resolutions. this highlights their elicit weapons program. i think you saw the statement earlier today about that. this morning secretary austin welcomed the australian minister for defense, peeter dutton here to the pentagon. we're proud to stand alongside our australian allies for our shared interests in the endo pacific region. it's an unbreakable alliance. we're cooperating on strategic

Abraham, that the kinds of aggressive activities that we're seeing out of china and the indopacific region is causing all of us, the international community, not just the united states to make sure that we're focused on that behavior and making sure as i mentioned in my opening statement that we're all not only committed by helping to further what we call free and open indopacific. >> this morning defense minister dutton said the situation in the indopacific was deteriorating. do you agree with that? >> we share the concerns that the administer -- >> martha: we'll keep a close eye on the back ...

Also, can you address a little bit about the evolution of the parter? ship, the training and fighting together with australia. >> it's been a long history that we've had with australia. you know that. there's a whole corridor here in the pentagon dedicated to our relationship with australia and new zealand as well. they're a key ally and partner in the indopacific region. they have in the past hosted rotational deployments of u.s. troops, marines specifically and of course we operate routinely with their military in the region and elsewhere all around the world. it's an exceptionally close rel...