Indian and Australian Army personnel train alongside each other during the joint military exercise AUSTRAHIND 2026 in Thiruvananthapuram district of Keralam on October 31, 2026. (Photo: IANS/X/@AusHCIndia). Canberra, November 7 (IANS): The growing strategic alignment between India and Australia in the security and defence sector marks a significant development, shaped by shared concerns over China's assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific and the possibility of a more unpredictable US policy towards the region, a.