The F-35 Parts Mystery: How Australian Defence Gaps Expose the AUKUS Squeeze

Australia is scrambling to explain how F-35 fighter jet parts bound for the US were diverted to Hong Kong and remain missing months later. Acting PM Richard Marles confirmed the Department of Defence is reviewing 'very much everything that has occurred at the Australian end', though he claimed the components were not 'sensitive'—a claim at odds with reports that the shipment included a canopy with stealth technology. The incident, first reported by Politico, has ignited a...