FILE: The USS Ronald Reagan during a dual carrier strike force exercise. (Twitter) The deputy head of a Chinese military academy told an audience in Shenzhen last month that tensions in the South China Sea could be resolved by sinking a pair of U.S. aircraft carriers, reports said. “What the United States fears the most is…
Tensions are now growing around the future of the South China Sea and Taiwan. Tensions are now growing around the future of the South China Sea and Taiwan As China continues to battle the escalating trade war with the US, President Xi Jinping has ordered military region tasked with monitoring the South China Sea and…
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A “TICKING time bomb” on Australia’s doorstep is counting down to war — and an expert says the world is blind to it. A MAJOR new war is looming — and this one sits worryingly close to home. Asia is at risk of descending into a region-wide crisis with global implications, a leading expert in…
Two US B-52 bombers flew within the vicinity of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea Monday, according to a US defense official. The flyovers came a day after Secretary of Defense James Mattis called Beijing out over its militarization of the islands, accusing China of “intimidation and coercion” in the Indo-Pacific, making…
Lightning behind an aircraft carrier in the Strait of Malacca. Credit: pxhere.com Most analysts agree that China and the U.S. are locked in a seminal long-term struggle for dominance in Asia. With the military of both sides engaging in nearly simultaneous shows of force in the South China Sea and sensationalist headlines blaring alarm around…
China has been militarizing the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China The United States has warned China that there will be “consequences” for its growing militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea amid reports it has moved missiles to the region. The threat comes as the two nations continue talks to resolve…
REUTERS Soldiers of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japan’s first marine unit since World War Two, gather at a ceremony activating the brigade at JGSDF’s Camp Ainoura in Sasebo. SASEBO/TOKYO — Japan on Saturday (April 7) activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese…
The Chinese Air Force has conducted a series of exercises in the contested South China Sea and the Western Pacific, where it sent fighter jets and bombers through Okinawa’s Miyako Strait on Friday, labeling the exercises “rehearsals for future wars.” In a statement Sunday, the air force said it had dispatched H-6K bombers and Su-30…