China’s Chengdu Military Region Command started a large military drill along the Burmese-Chinese border on June 1, clearly designed to threaten the Burmese government forces fighting the ethnic Chinese (more…)
The Taiwanese Defense Ministry announced this week that it would seek U.S. approval to take part in the biennial Rim of the Pacific naval exercise as an “observer” country. (more…)
The U.S. Navy’s super carrier, the nuclear-powered USS George Washington, CVN-73, left Yokosuka, Japan for the last time on May 18 and sailed back to the United States. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
The fighting between Burmese government forces and Kokang rebels in northern Burma is once again out of control, leading to multiple injuries to Chinese citizens in the border region. (more…)
With North Korea’s shocking announcement last week of what appears to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile [SLBM] launch, the race for undersea naval capabilities has suddenly emerged as a (more…)
China is furious over Japan’s historic joint exercise with the Philippines in the South China Sea that took place May 12. This drill followed another joint Tokyo-Manila maritime drill (more…)
The Shinzo Abe Cabinet has finished discussion and the drafting of a significant defense and security act for the Diet (parliament) that will fundamentally change the decades-old limitations on (more…)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has formalized his country’s quasi-alliance relationship with Russia by his high-profile participation in counterpart Vladimir Putin’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of the “defeat of (more…)
The traditionally dormant Taiwanese military presence in the South China Sea is suddenly active in the heated-up disputes in the region. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
