More than, 5,500 troops from the U.S. and the Philippine armed forces participated in the first large-scale military drill since the completion of a comprehensive mutual defense agreement between (more…)
The Chinese space agency announced May 4 that China has reached an agreement with the communist state of Laos to launch a communications satellite, marking a milestone in China’s (more…)
ANKARA — Western defense majors have warned Turkey of a halt in major projects should the NATO ally procure a Chinese ballistic missile defense system. Turkish sources said leading (more…)
The captain of the Indian frontline surface warship, the INS Shivalik [F47], turned down a request from the Chinese navy chief to visit the Combat Information Center [CIC] of (more…)
Facing mass protests in recent weeks, the Taiwanese government announced April 28 that the planned construction of the island nation’s 4th nuclear power plant would be postponed pending a (more…)
China announced that it would conduct an “unprecedented military drill” during U.S. President Barack Obama’s 3-day visit to Japan scheduled for April 23-25. As if to underscore its displeasure (more…)
At least two Chinese engineers were killed by armed assailants in a kidnapping operation on April 18. The incident took place in the war-torn region of Darfur where the (more…)
After Japan announced a series of sanctions against Moscow for its Ukraine gambit and canceled its foreign minister’s long-awaited visit to Russia, the Russian military authorities in the Far (more…)
For two weeks, over 103 U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) combat aircraft involving more than 1,400 troops are participating in the largest air combat drill in South Korea. (more…)
