Tokyo, Sept. 14 -- The Quad member countries, Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, have taken significant steps toward establishing a shared civilian logistics network following the conclusion of a two-day Tabletop Exercise (TTX) in Tokyo.

Hosted by the Ministry of Defence of Japan on September 3 and 4, the exercise focused on natural disaster response scenarios. It aimed to examine how best to leverage each nation's logistics capabilities, streamline inter-partner coordination, and strengthen interoperability across the Indo-Pacific region.

According to a joint statement released by the four partner governments, India, US, Japan and Australia, the Tokyo exercise yielded significant progress toward formulating Standard Operat...