Navy’s New High Altitude Drones Ready for Pacific

Navy’s New High Altitude Drones Ready for Pacific
Navy’s New High Altitude Drones Ready for Pacific

The deployment comes as Beijing and Washington race to keep tabs on one another in the South China Sea.

China Base Sparks ‘Very Significant Security Concerns’

China Base Sparks ‘Very Significant Security Concerns’
China Base Sparks ‘Very Significant Security Concerns’

WASHINGTON: For the first time, an important United States military base, one where a great deal of highly classified communications, intelligence and operations occur, sits within a few miles of a military competitor, China. Where? Djibouti, the tiny African state that sits on the Horn of Africa across from Yemen and sits astride the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. It…

Few Choices For US As China Militarizes South Pacific

Few Choices For US As China Militarizes South Pacific
Few Choices For US As China Militarizes South Pacific

WASHINGTON: Leading Republicans hastened today to denounce China’s deployment of anti-aircraft missiles to the South China Sea. But what can the US actually do about it? The arrival of the sophisticated HQ-9 missiles in the Paracel islands — claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan but occupied by China — is just the latest step in Beijing’s steady extension…

McCain, Forbes Praise New Navy Challenge To China In Paracel Islands

McCain, Forbes Praise New Navy Challenge To China In Paracel Islands
McCain, Forbes Praise New Navy Challenge To China In Paracel Islands

[UPDATED with experts’ analysis; “innocent passage” confirmed] WASHINGTON: Just two days after the head of US Pacific Command, Adm. Harry Harris, pledged to push harder on Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea, the destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur sailed within the 12 nautical mile limit around Triton Island. Situated in the Paracels, which are claimed…