The U.S., the U.K., and Australia made the first concrete step on Monday to fulfill a tripartite defense deal centered on boosting the latter’s naval firepower to counter China’s growing military threat in the Indo-Pacific region. Read more about the nuclear submarine deal: https://time.com/6261279/australia-nu... Subscribe to TIME’s YouTube channel ►► http://ti.me/subscribe-time Subscribe to TIME: https://ti.me/3h3YluR Get the day’s top headlines to your inbox, curated by TIME editors: http://ti.me/the-brief Follow us: Twitter: https://ti.me/3Uu8YVy Facebook: https://ti.me/3Hf4iA2 Instagram: https://ti.me/3HekW2o