U.S. to coordinate defense supply chains with Indo-Pacific partners

Learning from Ukraine, strategy urges 'friendshoring' with Taiwan, Japan and India

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A production line makes 155-millimeter artillery shells in Germany. The U.S. wants to replicate its success in supplying arms to the Ukraine to the Indo-Pacific region.  © Reuters

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will explore a new multilateral defense industry arrangement in the Indo-Pacific to prepare for possible conflicts in the region, the Pentagon's new strategy document noted Wednesday, following the success of American-led efforts to deliver weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.

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