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The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has awarded a contract extension to Thales Australia to continue supporting the SEA 1442 Phase 3 programme.

Recently, the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China (Embassy) tweeted a series of comments stressing the need to ...

News Analysis Japan now sees the defense of Taiwan as integral to the security of Japan and is ...

Commentary Washington and Beijing are engaged in widely different information dominance wars to pursue their separate global strategies, ...

GOP Resolution Condemns ‘Communist China’s Actions’ in South China Sea Five Republican lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the United States Senate to condemn moves by China’s communist regime to militarize the South China Sea as part of a contested and roundly criticized territorial grab. The South China Sea is a key trade corridor, carrying an estimated one-third of global shipping, according to a report (pdf) from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. China ha...

‘Guam is a target today.’ Pacific chief pitches Aegis Ashore to Congress March 9 Security forces airmen patrol near a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer taxiway at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of a Bomber Task Force mission, Dec. 26, 2020. (Senior Airman Tristan Day/Air Force) WASHINGTON ― Warning that China’s missile arsenal threatens Guam and the United States will have to “fight for it,” the head of Indo-Pacific Command pitched lawmakers on building an Aegis Ashore miss...

US sends warship through Taiwan Strait for first time under Biden CNN 2/4/2021 By CNN staff © Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/US Navy TAIWAN STRAIT - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) is conducting routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific. McCain is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region....

Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled.

Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled.

US-China tensions: Military flashpoints in Taiwan, Japan and South China Sea that could shape Bidens entire China strategy CNN 1/29/2021 Analysis by CNN Staff © Petty Officer 2nd Class Markus C/Navy Office of Information/U.S. Navy SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 15, 2021) Sailors conduct "horseshoe maneuvers" in a rigid-hull inflatable boat prior to boarding the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) during a visit, board, search and seizure drill. J...