The aircraft carrier champion and naval genius behind China’s blue sea strategy
The commissioning of the Fujian, China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, will mark yet another milestone in the country’s naval ambition.Behind this gigantic symbol
Australia, PNG commit to mutual defense treaty
The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) signed a major bilateral defense treaty in October 2025 that commits the countries to defend each
China says it expelled Philippine planes from disputed South China Sea reef
China said it had expelled two Philippine aircraft near the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Thursday in the second confrontation between the two rival South China Sea claimants
Japan Reports Decrease in Airspace Violations from Chinese, Russian Aircraft
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) saw a decrease in airspace violations from China and Russia aircraft during the first half of Fiscal Year 2025
Philippine Navy Stands Up Naval Air Warfare Force
The Philippine Navy recently reorganized its naval aviation in a move that the service claims will enhance its maritime defense capabilities over the country’s waters.
Chinese Surface Groups Sail Near Japan, Amphibious Groups Drill in South China Sea
Two People’s Liberation Army Navy surface action groups sailed between Japan’s Okinawa and Miyako Islands in and out of the East China Sea and the
Russia Sends Navy to South China Sea
A Russian naval flotilla arrived this week in the hotly contested South China Sea, where several countries—including Moscow’s quasi-ally China—have overlapping territorial claims. Newsweek has contacted Russia and China’s foreign
Australia, Japan deepen defense integration amid security challenges
Australia and Japan are entering a new era of defense cooperation marked by increased trilateral military engagement with the United States and deepening industrial and
UK’s Starmer publishes evidence in collapsed China spy case
The UK government published evidence on Wednesday it had submitted in now-collapsed legal proceedings against two men accused of spying for China, as Prime Minister
Trump says Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil
President Donald Trump has said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil, as the US seeks to put economic pressure
