Australia has rejected a US request for a warship to assist give protection to global delivery lanes within the Pink Sea, with Protection Minister Richard Marles pronouncing the country’s strategic center of attention needed to stay at the Indo-Pacific.Marles, who could also be deputy high minister, instructed Sky Information on Thursday that Australia wouldn’t be sending a “send or a aircraft” to the Center East, however would as an alternative virtually triple its troop contribution to the US-led maritime power.