The US Navy said on April 21 that the USS America and two other vessels entered the South China Sea. In the face of the raging coronavirus epidemic in the US, Washington has shown no intention to halt pressuring China on the South China Sea issue.
2020-04-30 23:33The confrontation between the US and Iran hasn't been mitigated amid the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-04-28 19:53After the US unilaterally pulled out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) became the only arms control treaty left between the US and Russia.
2020-04-27 22:42The Amphibious Assault Ship USS America LHA-6 recently came to the South China Sea with America's rare maneuverable troops on the Pacific Ocean.
2020-04-27 22:28The US Department of State recently issued the 2020 Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments (Compliance Report), which hyped up how China has failed to honor its commitment to the nuclear testing moratoria. This wasn't the White House's first attempt to fake big news in the arms control field.
2020-04-26 22:02Russian President on Friday formally endorsed the bill, which marked September 3 as the end of the World War II - same as China's - but a day later than the one recognized by the West, which experts said signals closer ties between China and Russia in the world order that is undergoing profound changes due to coronavirus pandemic.
2020-04-26 00:11The US and India signed a 3-billion-dollar arms deal at the end of February during President Trump's first official visit to India, along with three MOUs on health and energy sectors. The two countries also announced to step up cooperation in national defense, the fight against cross-border crimes and terrorism.
2020-04-23 16:23American media reported that all the five B-52H Stratofortress bombers of the US military departed from the Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) in Guam on April 16 for their home base at Minot AFB in North Dakota, with no aircraft arriving to replace them.
2020-04-22 22:36Over the last two weeks, the US government has repeatedly interfered in regional affairs in the South China Sea, disturbing the situation that is stabilizing.
2020-04-22 16:14It is reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has spread to at least 150 US military bases and four aircraft carriers, yet this hasn't slowed down the US military in seeking domination on the West Pacific through military means. Rather, it has kept on making waves in the South China Sea.
2020-04-21 20:31At present, confirmed cases have appeared in militaries of multiple countries with a large number of related personnel having been quarantined amid the spreading novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic across the world.Virtual reality (VR) training will thereby play an immense role in solving the current difficulties faced by the militaries.
2020-04-21 20:14Since it unilaterally withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia a year ago, the United States has repeatedly proposed its nuclear arms talks with Russia also involve China.
2020-04-21 19:05The US military's recent ground parade in Guam, a procession of military aircraft taxiing in a formation right before a minimum interval takeoff known as an "elephant walk", sparked extensive speculations. The parade was analyzed by some media as a move to demonstrate its military's deterrence and sufficient combat force in the Asia-Pacific region despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-04-21 09:42The US has extended the employment of poison pill strategy from the economic and trade field to the security field. If it is still said to be logical, it is nothing but a gangster logic.
2020-04-21 09:39American media reported that NATO’s many conflicts have come to the fore with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its widely criticized response, exposing the already wobbling alliance to greater tests in the future.
2020-04-17 23:04Unverified news about the US ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) being hit by the novel coronavirus is circulating online, which has made people worried, especially after the virus outbreak in the US nuclear aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt that killed at least one crewmember.
2020-04-17 22:20The JGSDF recently held a ceremony that officially signified the formation of the missile force at its station on the Miyako Island that is located on the southwest of the Ryukyu Islands and only 380km or so away from the island of Taiwan in the west.
2020-04-16 09:59US President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order called Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources, establishing an official policy about mining resources in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, which the US doesn't consider as global commons.
2020-04-14 21:54The still raging coronavirus pandemic has had a tremendous impact on global politics, the economy and societies, and is posing a severe challenge to the military deployment and combat readiness of many countries. The US military is deployed in more than 150 countries around the world with roughly 175,000 active-duty personnel serving outside of the US, which makes it the most vulnerable to the pandemic.
2020-04-13 22:42According to the US Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), the US Space Force has recently started operating a new offensive weapon system, dubbed Counter Communications System Block 10.2 (CCS B10.2). It is a transportable ground-based communications jammer that can block adversary satellite communications.
2020-04-09 21:48How the Navy handled the incident revealed that it shared a similar mindset with the U.S. government in handling the pandemic. They are incompetent in preventing and controlling the spread of the virus, spending more time and energy on covering up the truth. What happened to Captain Crozier reminds people of what Dr. Helen Chu had gone through.
2020-04-08 14:00The Black Sea is a stronghold of strategic importance that connects Russia with the major oceans. Moscow has paid close attention to the security situation in the Black Sea in recent years by strengthening the Black Sea fleet continuously to consolidate its military influence in the region.
2020-04-07 22:56The frequent and escalated terrorist attacks and armed conflicts in the Sahel region of western Africa have captured close attention in the international community. On March 28, French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly announced that eleven European countries, including France, will form a new task force called "Takuba".
2020-04-03 19:38Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has been even more serious in Europe, forcing multiple countries to upgrade their protective measures, and also pressing the "pause" button on NATO's Exercise Defender-Europe 20.
2020-04-03 18:27US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper recently said at the meeting of all military personnel that the US military should take cyber security measures and strengthen information security protection to prevent military secrets from being leaked when telecommuting, according to reports on the website of US Military Times.
2020-04-01 21:09With the spread of the novel coronavirus accelerating on US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, the warship faces a fate much worse than the Diamond Princess cruise ship as most of the crew members remain in close quarters on the carrier to maintain its combat readiness. Chinese experts said on Wednesday that the US should shift focus to epidemic control, because no one would attack the US even if the carrier goes out of action.
2020-04-01 22:56Not merely to strengthen military cooperation with Manila through arms trade, the Abe administration intends to fill America's military absence in the Asia Pacific. In the meantime, Japan also hopes to enhance its presence on the diplomatic front.
2020-03-25 17:50Japan is willing to bear most of the R&D expenses because for this Asian country, the freedom to improve fighter jet is not only relevant to the potential of upgrading weapon performance in preparation for future warfare, but also a big step in shaking off the defense restriction and America's control.
2020-03-20 22:24While African anti-terror forces are already strained, Washington's adjustment of its Africa strategy is bound to cause security vacuums in the region and aggravate the local security situation, making the so-called "Prosper Africa" plan nothing but "building castles in the air".
2020-03-19 19:54The US military has adopted a wide range of prevention and control measures after the COVID-19 outbreak. Military activities against the backdrop of epidemic prevention and control will perhaps become normal in the military build-up, training, and combat.
2020-03-19 19:46By announcing a sweeping travel ban for Europeans last week, the US disconnected with many NATO members. The move will have a profoundly negative impact on US-EU relations, and such impact will be magnified against the backdrop of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
2020-03-18 01:53The initial underestimation of the severity of the outbreak, the loose prevention and control measures and the social environment around the barracks have combined to make soldiers stationed in hard-hit areas victims of the pandemic.
2020-03-16 21:40In addition to assisting in the latter's military deployments in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Australia will also probably see northwestward and step up military forces in Central Asia and the Middle East, to help the US firmly control the sea route from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
2020-03-10 20:37On the surface, Washington and New Delhi each get what they want through the arms deal, but we can well imagine how many benefits the India can really get under the "America first" policy. The affinity in appearance cannot hide their underlying interest divergences.
2020-03-05 20:27The current US administration put forth the "Indo-Pacific strategy" to tie the vast Pacific and Indian oceans together, for the main purpose of aligning the fast-rising India with America's geopolitical strategy.
2020-03-03 20:27Objectively speaking, the patience and eagerness demonstrated by both parties during the negotiation aremore because of their recognition that there is no way to continue fighting with each other than out of their common wish for peace.
2020-03-02 20:05It's clear that Washington and New Delhi have the common strategic needs to contain China on certain issues, but they are still far from aligned in terms of strategic capability and coordination if they want to translate such needs into concrete actions and policies.
2020-02-27 18:55On Feb. 12, the government of the Philippines issued a notice to the United States embassy to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement, or VFA. Under the agreement, the two countries can negotiate issues within 180 days. The agreement is important to the U.S.-Philippine military alliance, so the development has attracted great attention around the world.
2020-02-26 21:26The Korean peninsula situation has eased since 2018 and given people a ray of hope for peaceful settlement, but now it has gone back to square one after nearly two years of ups and downs, and the "normally" unsettling peninsula is back in our view. Facts have proved that the 30-year-long nuclear issue cannot be resolved by a few friendly and polite handshakes and smiles between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump.
2020-02-27 16:28After American president Donald Trump arrived in Ahmedabad of west India on February 24, he announced the two countries will sign a multibillion arms deal the next day but didn’t seem eager to address their thorny trade disputes.
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