News analysis
Quad grouping tests waters with maritime tracking
Initiative aims to build more accurate picture of near-real-time activities in partners' waters
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The four-nation Quad whose leaders met in Tokyo this week looks quietly set to get its feet wet.
The most notable outcome of Tuesday's meeting of the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States was a new "maritime domain awareness initiative" that in effect pools satellite data for more effective eyes on the oceans.
