America is sailing through the Taiwan Strait less. Does it matter?
A Heritage Foundation study shows a significant drop in Taiwan Strait transits by the US military under the second Trump administration.
Australian destroyer conducts South China Sea Freedom of Navigation activity
Following the port visit to Singapore, the ship will link up with the UK-led carrier strike group centered on the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, where the Australians will integrate and train with the multinational carrier strike group.
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Acquisition reform at the speed of war
As part of the DoW’s acquisition transformation, streamlined processes must be extended to all companies in the defense industrial base.
Australia, Canada, the Philippines, and US mount South China Sea FONOP
Collin Joh, an analyst at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, noted that this effort is part of a "progression from just bilateral to trilateral, and now quadrilateral maritime cooperative activity (MCA) formats" in the region.
The big risks of 2024: Taiwan elections, Philippine shoals, AUKUS dough
Keep your eyes on the Second Scarborough Shoal and other atolls in the South China Sea, where China has pressed an increasingly aggressive and dangerous campaign.
5 Indo-Pacific stories: China’s neighbors clasp hands while AUKUS tumbles along
The biggest strategic shift in the Indo-Pacific was clearly the combination of China's economy faltering at the same time as turmoil roiled the top echelons of the Chinese Communist Party and its government.
‘Mind your own business’: PRC defense minister to world, hours after PLAN ship rushes US destroyer
"The big strategic goal is a Chinese-led international order, a Chinese century, where the US strategic primacy has ended. The US can basically move back to the Western Hemisphere and focus on itself, which is what he was saying," Malcom Davis, China expert at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said.
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Island surge: the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control in action
Lightning Surge exercises are turning soldier feedback on NGC2 into operational software changes in days, not years.
China ‘will fight to the very end’ over Taiwan: Chinese defense minister
Gen. Wei Fenghe described the US Indo-Pacific strategy as "an attempt to build an exclusive small group in the name of a free and open Indo-Pacific." It is designed "to create conflict and confrontation, to contain and encircle others."
Chinese Execute ‘Huge’ Theater Level Exercise; Russia & PRC Start Joint Exercise
"Everywhere we went, we were confronted with Chinese. They would come up to us in the hotels, out in the streets and just kind of get really in our face," Marine Maj. Gen. David Furness said of his recent service in East Africa. "And they'd basically tell us, we're coming after you. They weren't shy about it at all."
Allies, No-Strings Vaccines, Human Rights, Open Seas: SecDef In Singapore
"Unfortunately, Beijing’s unwillingness to resolve disputes peacefully and respect the rule of law isn’t just occurring on the water. We have also seen aggression against India… destabilizing military activity and other forms of coercion against the people of Taiwan… and genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang," Secretary Austin said.
‘Sense Of Crisis’ On China-Taiwan: Japan Defense White Paper
Chinese actions in the Pacific are posing a "grave concern" for Japan's military, a new official paper concludes.
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Engineering decision advantage for the warfighter
Multi-orbit mission capabilities are accelerating decision making across domains.
Esper Stands By Korea, Taiwan – But Offers Olive Branch To China
Esper said "I've issued no orders to withdraw from the Republic of Korea" -- but rotational deployments may replace units permanently stationed there.
US Warns Putting China On Law Of The Sea Panel Like ‘Hiring An Arsonist’
In rejecting Chinese claims to the South China Sea, the Trump administration is in the opening throes of a rhetorical offensive, promising more concrete moves
US To China: You Do NOT Control South China Sea
"Beijing’s approach has been clear for years," Mike Pompeo says. "In 2010, then-PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told his ASEAN counterparts that “China is a big country and other countries are small countries and that is just a fact.' The PRC’s predatory world view has no place in the 21st century."
‘A Chinese Military That is Active Everywhere:’ DIA China Military Power Report
WASHINGTON: China is not ready to wage war far beyond the shores of Taiwan, but it is pressing hard to develop some advanced weapons and increasingly wants to project power beyond its shores with an increasingly capable military. Those are the fundamental conclusions of the Defense Intelligence Agency in a unique report with its roots […]