Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, right, and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, left, listen during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Unites States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, sitting next to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, speaks during a meeting with Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles during a meeting at the Unites States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In this photograph released by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares to launch off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt July 5, 2024, in the South China Sea. (Seaman Aaron Haro Gonzalez/U.S. Navy via AP)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from right, standing with, from left, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaks during a news conference at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, standing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, speaks during a news conference at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)