Indo-Pacific Alliances and AUKUS

AUKUS sub rotation to fade; $4.6bn additional funding. US and Japan complete space surveillance network. North Korea fires SRBMs after U.S. scales back exercises. Taiwan invasion odds bump to 12.5%. Middle powers reshape order through minilateralism. New: U.S. approves FMS of AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II missiles to South Korea. New: India-ROK 6th Foreign Policy and Security Dialogue highlights strategic convergence in defense industrial cooperation, critical minerals, and supply chain resilience.