By Eleni Ekmektsioglou The US military is more worried about China’s anti-access capabilities than its new aircraft carrier. Much ink has been spilled recently over the Chinese aircraft carrier Shi Lang, which is expected to make its maiden voyage soon. Yet despite the unease over this development felt in some quarters in the West, many …
Read more »BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON More ships – including aircraft carriers – are entering the Chinese fleet. As China prepares to start sea trials of its first aircraft carrier, possibly as early as this Friday to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party, foreign analysts will be watching to see how quickly the Chinese …
Read more »The United States and the Philippines have urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) to tackle current tensions over the disputed Spratly islands when it meets later this month in Bali, Indonesia. “As a significant security forum, the issue of South China Sea disputes will possibly be a primary topic in …
Read more »By Rommel C. Banlaoi (philstar.com) Updated June 30, 2011 01:28 PM Comments (1) MANILA, Philippines – When the United States assured its friends and allies in Southeast Asia that it is committed to defend and assist them on rising tensions in the Spratlys, China just warned the US to back off and stay out of …
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Read more »WASHINGTON | The relationship between the United States and South Korea has never been stronger, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea said here on Tuesday. Army Gen. Walter “Skip” Sharp, who is nearing the end of his term in Seoul, said the alliance is key to providing security in a strategic area of the world …
Read more »SINGAPORE: Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen said strategies to engage National Servicemen (NSmen) must evolve to remain relevant. Each new generation of soldiers is different and young recruits today are more questioning, Dr Ng said. He made the comment in a wide-ranging interview with the media ahead of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day …
Read more »China-Pakistan all-weather friendship scales new heights Pakistan’s efforts to have a sea-based minimum credible nuclear deterrent vis-a-vis India took a significant step forward last month when the state-owned, Wuhan-based China State Shipbuilding Industrial Corp (CSIC) ferried the first Qing-class conventional attack submarine (SSK) to Shanghai to begin a year-long series of sea trials, which is …
Read more »Amid renewed tensions in the disputed South China Sea, the Philippine military is batting to revive the concept of an anti-communist collective defense of Southeast Asia to enable the country to enter into a leasing arrangement of patrol boats with the United States. An operational lease would allow the Philippine Navy to use newer U.S. …
Read more »By: Jay L. Batongbacal Philippine Daily Inquirer With regard to the current spat over the Western Philippine Sea, many local writers seem to believe that the Philippines has no choice but to seek protection from the United States as an ally against Chinese maritime encroachment. Unfortunately, this obscures the legal high ground that the Philippines …
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