Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin, right, speaks as New Zealand Defense Minister Judith Collins listens during a press conference for the Five Power Defence Arrangements Defence Ministers' Meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
China's Defense Minister Dong Jun, center, walks out after a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on the sidelines of the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Gurkha police officers guard near the entrance of the Shangri-La Hotel, the venue for the 21th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
New Zealand’s Defence Minister Judith Collins, speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the Shangri-la Dialogue for the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) Defence Ministers' Meeting [FDMM], in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, center, walks out after a bilateral meeting with China's Defence Minister Dong Jun on the sidelines of the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Police officers guard near the entrance of the Shangri-La Hotel, the venue for the 21th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Gurkha police officers guard near the entrance of the Shangri-La Hotel, the venue for the 21th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Gurkha police officers guard near the entrance of the Shangri-La Hotel, the venue for the 21th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Police officers guard near the entrance of the Shangri-La Hotel, the venue for the 21th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, right, speaks during a press conference as Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin, left, Singapore's Defense minister Ng Eng Hen, second from left, listen, on the sidelines of the Shangri-la Dialogue for the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) Defence Ministers' Meeting [FDMM] in Singapore, in Singapore, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)