BEIJING (AP) — China‘s fast-modernizing navy is stepping up training for anti-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia in a sign of its growing long-term commitment to overseas missions. The first two-week course for 84 leading officers began this week at the Naval Command College in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, the website of […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore hosted military brass from across Asia this week at the region’s biggest arms and aerospace bazaar, almost 70 years to the day since it fell to Japanese forces sweeping across Southeast Asia during World War Two. Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Smokey Bandits aerobatic display team, in their MiG-29N ‘Fulcrum’ fighter […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore hosted military brass from across Asia this week at the region’s biggest arms and aerospace bazaar, almost 70 years to the day since it fell to Japanese forces sweeping across Southeast Asia during World War Two. Japan has since become allied with most other Asian nations. It is now China which […]
16 February 2012 Last updated at 11:03 ET By Saira Syed Business reporter, BBC News, Singapore Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller U.S. navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power. Shanghai’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company late last month launched the fourth of China’s new 071 […]
HONG KONG — As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller US navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power. Shanghai’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company late last month launched the fourth of China’s new 071 amphibious […]
HONG KONG — As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller US navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power. Shanghai’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company late last month launched the fourth of China’s new 071 amphibious […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller U.S. navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power. Shanghai’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company late last month launched the fourth of China’s new 071 […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller U.S. navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power. Shanghai’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company late last month launched the fourth of China’s new 071 […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – As looming budget cuts force the Pentagon to plan for a smaller U.S. navy, China is accelerating the launch of new, increasingly capable warships as part of a sustained drive to become a major maritime power. Shanghai’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Company late last month launched the fourth of China’s new 071 […]