On Thursday, the Chinese Defense Ministry blamed the US for the lack of talks between the two countries' defense ministers while they were both in Laos for meetings with Southeast Asian officials. The US said it asked for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to hold...
Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that the island received its first batch of US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), which it first ordered in 2020. The HIMARS is a truck-mounted mobile rocket launch system that can fire a variety of...
On Friday, the State Department approved two potential arms deals for Taiwan worth about $2 billion, drawing a sharp rebuke from China. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said one deal is for three National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile...
The US and Canada each sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday in a joint operation that came less than a week after the Chinese military conducted blockade drills around the island. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the guided-missile destroyer USS...
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducted a blockade drill around the island of Taiwan on Monday and said the military exercises were a warning against "Taiwan Independence." Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said the drills were a direct response to a...
On Sunday, the White House released a brief memo stating that President Biden approved $567 million in new military aid for Taiwan, a move that has angered China. The memo said Biden authorized Secretary of State Antony Blinken to "direct the drawdown of up to $567...
The Biden administration is preparing to provide Taiwan with $567 in military aid as the US continues to ignore China's red lines related to the island, Defense News reported on Friday. The weapons package is in the final stages and will be provided through the...
The US has no plans to remove the controversial Typhon missile system from the Philippines, Reuters reported last week, a move that is ratcheting up tensions with China. The US deployed the Typhon system to the Philippines in April, and Philippine officials previously...
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday that China is the "most significant challenge" the United States has ever faced. "There is a recognition that this is the most significant challenge in our history," Campbell told the House Foreign Affairs...
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the highest ranking officer in the US Navy, unveiled a plan on Wednesday to be ready for a war with China by 2027 as the US military is preparing for a direct fight with Beijing despite the risk of nuclear war. The plan...
