In a report published August 30, Britain’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee suggested that Japan and South Korea be incorporated into the trilateral security pact among Australia, the U.K., and the United States — known as AUKUS — to collaborate on military technologies.

“AUKUS is not purely about Australia acquiring a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines,” the report declared. “There is a cyber and advanced technology sharing and joint development component that could be equally, if not more, significant.”