TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) has detected seven Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 am (local time) on Tuesday and 6 am (local time) on Wednesday, Taiwan News reported. Following China’s action, Taiwan sent aircraft and naval ships and deployed air defense missileContinue Reading
The Philippines wants a “Christmas convoy” to cheer up troops and sailors stationed in the middle of the South China Sea. And it could spark an international crisis. Manila has given the green light for a group of 40 civilian boats to sail through the contested Spratly Islands to distributeContinue Reading
The United States is advancing its plans to deploy long-range land-based missiles in the Pacific as a countermeasure against a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. This development, which could lead to a conventional missile arms race in the region, was confirmed by General Charles Flynn, Commander of US Army ForcesContinue Reading
China has called Australia’s complaint over a dangerous incident between two warships “vague and one-sided” and has accused HMAS Toowoomba of “posing a threat” to China’s fishing boats, “provoking” Chinese warships and intruding on Chinese territorial waters. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled Global Times issued Beijing government’s first obliqueContinue Reading
The White House has warned that a sudden upsurge in Chinese military “aggressiveness” behind a series of near collisions in the sea and air could soon result in “casualties”. “It won’t be long before somebody gets hurt,” said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “That’s the concern with these unsafeContinue Reading
Beijing claims it can now destroy a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier “with certainty”. State-controlled media reports new tests conducted by Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) researchers demonstrated a 100 per cent success rate when 24 hypersonic missiles were fired at the US Navy’s most modern aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R.Continue Reading
Qantas pilots have been issued a notice warning about interference on VHF systems from stations posing as the Chinese military. In a note issued by the airline on Thursday, pilots were informed the interference had been detected in the western Pacific and South China Sea. “In addition, Group aircraft haveContinue Reading
Defence Minister Richard Marles has stopped short of confirming China attempted to poach Australian Air Force pilots to train its own military. But Mr Marles flagged tougher laws for people exposed to the nation’s security secrets following an investigation into the allegations Beijing had approached Australian Defence Force personnel. SpeakingContinue Reading
The White House has all but ruled out any links between “aliens or extraterrestrial activity” and the mysterious flying objects shot down over the US and Canada as conspiracy theories about their origins mount. The US shot down another mysterious flying object over North America on Sunday, the fourth inContinue Reading
The spy balloon that flew over the United States last week was part of a “surveillance fleet” deployed by the Chinese military that has targeted more than 40 countries across five continents, a US official said on Thursday. Detailed images taken by high-altitude U2 spy planes showed the balloon’s payloadContinue Reading