The Australian MoD is very interested in shaping cross-cutting convergence among the services as the transformation of the force.
Russia is building a new icebreaking fleet as part of its Arctic strategy.
The aperture is open and the reshaping the rules of global engagement are clearly in play.
The Malabar 2016 exercise is about enhancing the joint interoperability capabilities of the US, Indian and Japanese navies.
The deployed KC-30A achieved a new milestone in its Middle East operation.
Russia has its own pivot going on in the Pacific which involves both a military buildup and leveraging the Chinese dynamic in the Pacific.
Normalization of relations with Vietnam and the United States continue.
RAF Typhoons are participating in the current NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission.