Despite Japan’s active participation in the international sanctions against Russia over aggression in Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has once again expressed his strong hope to invite the (more…)
South Korean defense officials announced June 4 that the country on June 3 had successfully tested a new ballistic missile that could destroy any target inside North Korea. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
China on May 26 published a new defense white paper that stresses the inevitability and imminence of a general war against unnamed enemies. This is the 9th defense white (more…)
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…)
