The British government said Wednesday it will hold regular joint military drills with Japan and the United States in the Indo-Pacific from next year as the nations respond to China's intensifying military activities.British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said the planned trilateral exercises would send "a strong message to anyone who would seek to undermine the rules-based international order.""Our defense relationships are not limited by distance and we stand ready to respond to any threat around the globe," Shapps said in a statement.Britain will send a carrier strike group, led by the ai…READ FULL ARTICLE