Exercises starting on Monday will be the first to be held outside Philippines’ territorial waters, and come amid a rise in tensions in the South China SeaPhilippine and US forces will carry out their first ever military exercises outside the south-east Asian country’s territorial waters, in a move China has said will only lead to greater insecurity in the South China Sea.The annual Balikatan or “shoulder-to-shoulder” drills – which will run from 22 April to 10 May – will involve 16,700 soldiers...
Iran has launched a drone and missile attacks on Israel, according to multiple military sources. The Israel Defense Forces said Iran launched aerial drones at Israel on Saturday. IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that the drones may take several hours to reach their intended targets. "We are following the threat in the airspace. It’s a threat that will take a number of hours to arrive in Israel," Hagari said in a statement.He stressed that the country has a plan in place to intercept the...
China’s military said Sunday that it had conducted air and sea patrols and that all activities that “disrupt the South China Sea” are under control, an apparent response to naval exercises by the U.S. and its allies. The defense chiefs of the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines announced Saturday that they would hold […]
There is no reason for China to overreact to the joint maritime patrol conducted by Manila, Washington, Tokyo and Canberra in the South China Sea as the activity is in line with freedom of navigation and international law, a White House official said yesterday.
Chinese foreign ministry says the expanded annual exercise Balikatan destabilizes the region.
Manila says China's coast guard harassed local fishermen during a government food security mission last week in a disputed part of the South China Sea.Beijing, which claims most of the sea as its territory, said the Philippine vessels were "illegally" intruding at Iroquois Reef.The reef is situated at the southern end of Reed Bank in the northeastern part of the Kalayaan Island Group, which the Philippines claims as part of its province of Palawan. The feature is well within the the U.S. treaty...
Beijing helping with drone production, space-based capabilities and ballistic missile productionChina is helping Russia undertake its biggest military expansion since Soviet times, ramping up sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for its war against Ukraine, according to a US assessment.US officials are hoping the release of the intelligence will encourage European allies to press China, as the...
Gulf Allies Warn US Not To Launch Strikes On Iran From Their Territory America's Gulf allies say they don't want to get caught in the crossfire of any potential US/Israel and Iran shooting war. The United States has made it clear that it is ready to assist Israel in any potential response to Iranian attack. Tehran is poised to imminently retaliate for the April 1st Israeli airstrikes on its embassy in Damascus. The Arab Gulf countries are worried that the US could launch attacks on...
Israel 's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may feel he faces an impossible dilemma following the successful neutralisation of Iran 's missile and drone onslaught over the weekend.
Tokyo and Washington have struck 70 pacts on defence cooperation during Japanese PM’s White House state visitJoe Biden and Fumio Kishida, the Japanese prime minister, have announced a new era of military cooperation during the pomp and pageantry of a White House state visit aimed at countering China.The US president said the two nations’ forces will cooperate on a joint command structure and, along with Australia, develop a new air missile defence network. Continue reading
House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) does not believe the United States needs to engage in an offensive military response to Iran‘s missile attack on Israel but disagrees with the Biden administration that this is not an “escalating” conflict. “I don’t think at this point that the United States should be engaged in a […]
Iran has been observed by the US moving military assets within its borders, including drones and cruise missiles, indicating potential preparations for launching attacks on Israeli targets from its territory, as reported by CNN. According to two sources closely linked to US intelligence, cited by CNN, this movement of military assets may also be an […]