Taiwan is building five new military bases to house US-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles, The South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday. In 2020, the US approved a $2.37 billion arms sale to Taiwan for 100 Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems and 400 Harpoon Block II...
Chinese and Philippine Coast Guard vessels collided for the second time within a week near the Sabina Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. Sabina Shoal is part of the Spratly Islands and is claimed by China, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan. Chinese and...
A US Navy destroyer, the USS Ralph Johnson, sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, drawing protest from China. Senior Col. Li Xi, the spokesman for the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command, said air and sea assets were deployed to monitor the US...
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it was "gravely concerned" over a report from The New York Times that said President Biden approved a new nuclear strategy that focuses on China for the first time. The strategy, which Biden approved in March, also...
President Biden approved in March a new nuclear strategic plan that includes preparations for a simultaneous nuclear war with Russia, China, and North Korea, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The US nuclear strategy is updated about every four years or so and is...
Chinese and Philippine Coast Guard vessels collided in the South China Sea on Monday near the Sabina Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. The two sides are trading blame for the incident, which happened despite diplomatic efforts between Beijing and Manila to cool...
On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $500 million in new military aid for the Philippines while they were in Manila. Their visit comes amid soaring tensions with China in the region. According to a joint...
The US and Japan have announced steps to strengthen their military alliance as part of a US-led buildup in the region aimed at China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin are visiting the region and held talks with their Japanese...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown has said he is "fully confident" that the US could beat China in a war that breaks out over Taiwan. When asked at the Aspen Security Forum last Friday if he thought the US could defeat China, Brown said,...
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said on Wednesday that US and Canadian fighter jets intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers operating in Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). An ADIZ is an area that extends far beyond territorial...
