Island’s military chief says America has ‘taken many steps’ to hasten the delivery of outstanding weapons orders.
While visiting Chongqing’s Army Medical University, Xi says China needs ‘new generation of red military doctors’ and stresses importance of improved training, logistical support and specialised battlefield medicine as Beijing steps up war readiness.
Head of US space command warns that China’s space development is make its terrestrial forces ‘more precise, more lethal and more far ranging’.
While Philippines was absent from forum, members passed updated Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, a non-binding multilateral agreement.
Anonymous defence intelligence bureaucrat casts doubt on system design of first Chinese strategic weapon of its kind.
Chinese navy releases video showing launch of JL-2 ballistic missile from nuclear submarine in display of its second-strike capability just days before US secretary of state’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai.
New force is ‘a key pillar in coordinating the construction and application of the network information system’, according to President Xi Jinping
At a naval symposium in Qingdao, senior PLA commander Zhang Youxia calls for dialogue and abandoning ‘cold war mentality’ amid elevated regional tensions.
Swedish think tank finds regional expenditure on armed forces rises at its highest rate in a decade.
Admiral Stephen Koehler will lead US delegation to symposium hosted by PLA Navy in and is expected to meet “Chinese counterparts”, diplomatic sources tell the Post.
PLA Daily warns that a deal between the US military and a new SpaceX unit poses huge security challenges for ‘other countries’.
Two PLA Navy ships are the only vessels to have docked at the Chinese-financed Ream naval base since upgrades last year, according to a US intelligence report.
Location is ‘deterrent signal’ to Beijing as tensions spike with Manila, analyst says, while another sees Washington readying for hot conflict over Taiwan or South China Sea.
Mid-range launcher now in the Philippines is a ‘powerful weapon’ capable of retaliatory strikes on mainland China, analysts say.
Legislation comes amid alarm in Washington over volume of material moving from Beijing to Moscow and said to be turning up on battlefields in Ukraine.
The call between Dong Jun and Lloyd Austin comes after a series of clashes between the Chinese coastguard and the Philippines, a US ally.
People’s Liberation Army holds air defence exercise amid fighting between Three Brotherhood Alliance and Myanmar’s military junta.
The name of the ship has already been criticised in China because it shares its name with an imperial warship that bombed Shanghai in the 1930s.
Possible enlargement of the Indo-Pacific cooperation pact could leave China more isolated, with a more complex network of potential adversaries.
US Space Command chief Stephen Whiting says Beijing has contacted US about two space-related matters in past six months, according to news site.
After pausing them during the pandemic, Beijing’s growing military diplomacy is seeing more frequent port visits.