WASHINGTON -- On his first trip to the Indo-Pacific as U.S. defense secretary last week, Pete Hegseth embraced America's alliances and reaffirmed its commitment to sustaining robust deterrence in the ...

China is expanding its military reach and presence within the three Pacific island chains with the world's largest navy.

The evolution of PLA Navy far seas training suggests it is getting closer to operationalizing theater-level concepts designed ...

Second, the development of Second Island Chain basing enables improved distributed ... notice as it would require mobilizing across all of China prior to commencing. Arguing that Taiwan and ...

China conducted military drills around Taiwan for a second day Wednesday, focusing on the Taiwan Strait — a crucial conduit ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — China conducted ... for a second day Wednesday, focusing on the Taiwan Strait — a crucial conduit for international trade separating the self-governing island democracy ...

For example, cutting cables near strategic chokepoints such as Guam, which is a linchpin of the US military’s second island chain, a defence strategy used to contain China, the tool could ...