© Pavel Golovkin / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Soldiers from China’s People’s Liberation Army march on Red Square during a military parade, which marks the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, in Moscow on June 24, 2020. China‘s recent live-fire drills near Taiwan were targeted at the island’s government, a…
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force increasingly resembles the former Imperial Japanese Navy, but in a smaller size. Here’s What You Need to Remember: One type of warship the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force won’t operate is a battleship, and there are no plans for a 21st-century version of the Yamato super battleship. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force increasingly…
The Japanese government on Tuesday published further evidence of North Korean vessels engaged in ship-to-ship (STS) transfers on the high seas, a practice prohibited by UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions. The posts on multiple government websites include photographs of the STS transfer taking place on the morning of February 24 between a North Korean ship and a…