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US Fires HIMARS Rockets Into the South China Sea in Drills With the Philippines

by Dave DeCamp | Apr 30, 2025

The US military fired munitions into the South China Sea this week using HIMARS rocket systems amid soaring tensions with China in the region. The live-fire drills occurred on the Philippine island province of Palawan as part of the annual US-Philippine Balikatan...

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Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Focus on Preparing for War With China Over Taiwan

by Dave DeCamp | Mar 30, 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth distributed a memo in mid-March ordering the Pentagon to put its focus on preparing for a war with China, a nuclear-armed power, by "assuming risk" in Europe and other parts of the world, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. The...

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US Releases $870 Million in Military Aid for Taiwan, Angering China

by Dave DeCamp | Mar 2, 2025

The US has quietly released $870 million in funding for military aid to Taiwan after it was briefly paused during the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid. Reuters first reported on February 21 that the US released the military aid for Taiwan as part of $5.3...

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Trump Declines To Say Whether the US Would Defend Taiwan If China Attacked

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 27, 2025

President Trump on Wednesday declined to say whether or not the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked the island. The president was asked if he would make it his policy to ensure "China never takes Taiwan by force" and replied, "I never comment on that. I don’t...

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China Says Trump Admin’s Change To US Fact Sheet on Taiwan Damages Relations

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 17, 2025

On Monday, China reacted strongly to the US State Department removing a line from its fact sheet on Taiwan that said the US "does not support Taiwan independence," saying the move damages US-China relations. "History cannot be tampered with, facts cannot be denied,...

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Trump: Military Spending Could Be Cut in Half and There’s No Reason To Build New Nuclear Weapons

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 13, 2025

President Trump told reporters on Thursday that he believes US military spending could eventually be cut in half and that he wants to pursue the idea as part of an agreement with Russia and China. He also said there was no reason to build new nuclear...

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Two US Navy Ships Transit Taiwan Strait for First Time Under New Trump Admin

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 12, 2025

Two US Navy ships transited the Taiwan Strait this week, marking the first US naval passage through the sensitive waterway under the new Trump administration, which drew a rebuke from China. US Indo-Pacific Command said the guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson...

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US Bombers Join Philippine Jets in Flight Near Chinese-Controlled Shoal

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 4, 2025

Two US Air Force B-1 bombers joined Philippine fighter jets in a flight over the South China Sea on Tuesday near the Scarborough Shoal, a disputed reef that's controlled by China. A spokesman for the Philippine Armed Forces said the provocative flight was the first...

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After Meeting With Rubio, Panama’s President Says ‘No Real Threat’ From US To Seize Canal

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 2, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Panama on Sunday on his first foreign trip since being sworn in and met with President José Raúl Mulino to discuss the Panama Canal. President Trump had been threatening to "take back" the Panama Canal, but Mulino said after...

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Trump Says He Wants To Work With China and Russia on ‘Denuclearization’

by Dave DeCamp | Jan 23, 2025

On Thursday, President Trump delivered a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and said he wanted to discuss the idea of "denuclearization" with Russia and China. The president claimed that during his last term in office, he discussed the...

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