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Pentagon to set up military repair hubs in 5 Indo-Pacific countries.
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The Philippines and Japan has signed a historic troop access agreement on in Manila that closens relations between two nations determined to counter threats posed by China's growing influence in the Pacific.
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The U.S. military will make "significant progress" toward reclaiming a World War II-era airfield on the Pacific island of Tinian in the upcoming months, an air force general said, part of an initiative to disperse aircraft across the Indo-Pacific region.
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"We made it clear to the U.S. that if you're going to have a radar site in Palau, you should also have Patriot missiles to defend us if we're under attack," Palau President Whipps said, adding that the U.S. has "a clear understanding" of what is needed.
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