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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Indian Navy Military Sealift
Defense

What Is The Malabar Ocean Exercise?

By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) – Australia will join three-way naval exercises involving the United States, Japan and India, in a move that could provoke

October 20, 2020
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Thursday, August 1, 2019
People's Liberation Arm frigate
Defense

Chinese Warship Collided With Taiwan Freighter, Coast Guard Says

By Adela Lin (Bloomberg) –A Chinese warship collided with a Taiwanese freighter Wednesday evening, damaging the bulk carrier, Taiwan’s Coast Guard

August 1, 2019
Total Views: 71

Friday, July 5, 2019
china new destroyer Nanchang photo credit REUTERS/Jason Lee
Defense

China Denies South China Sea Missile Tests

by Ben Blanchard (Reuters) China’s Defense Ministry on Friday denied U.S. accusations that the Chinese military had recently carried out missile tests

July 5, 2019
Total Views: 41

Tuesday, May 7, 2019
china aircraft carrier construction
Defense

Analysts Say Satellite Images Show China’s Construction on Third, Larger Aircraft Carrier

By Greg Torode and Ben Blanchard HONG KONG/BEIJING May 7(Reuters) – Construction of China’s first full-sized aircraft carrier is well under way,

May 7, 2019
Total Views: 97

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
china navy ships
Defense

China’s Vast Fleet is Tipping the Balance of Power in the Pacific

By David Lague and Benjamin Kang Lim TAIPEI, April 30 (Reuters) – A generation ago, from mid-1995 into early 1996, China lobbed missiles in the

April 30, 2019
Total Views: 189

Thursday, April 25, 2019
u.s. navy aircraft carriers
Defense

Special Report: New Missile Gap Leaves U.S. Scrambling to Counter China

By David Lague and Benjamin Kang Lim ZHUHAI, China, April 25 (Reuters) – China’s powerful military is considered to be a master at concealing its

April 25, 2019
Total Views: 50

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
china new destroyer Nanchang photo credit REUTERS/Jason Lee
Defense

China Shows Off New Destroyer During Major Naval Parade

By Ben Blanchard QINGDAO, China, April 23 (Reuters) – China showed off the first of its new generation of guided missile destroyers on Tuesday as

April 23, 2019
Total Views: 17

Monday, April 22, 2019
FILE PHOTO: China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet conducts a drill in an area of South China Sea
Defense

China To Reveal New Warships During Naval Parade This Week

by Ben Blanchard (Reuters) – China’s navy wants maritime “tranquillity and good order”, its chief said on Monday, ahead of a parade to mark

April 22, 2019
Total Views: 28

Friday, June 15, 2018
Chinese Jiangkai II class frigate
Defense

China Fire Missiles In South China Sea As Tensions Heighten

by Christian Shepherd (Reuters) – China’s navy carried out drills in the South China Sea to simulate fending off an aerial attack, state media said on

June 15, 2018
Total Views: 18

Sunday, June 10, 2018
China Overshadowing USA
Defense

China’s Naval Master Plan: A Military Threat In The Pacific And Beyond

(This is the first in a series of columns Bloomberg is publishing on China’s effort to supplant the U.S. as the world’s pre-eminent geopolitical

June 10, 2018
Total Views: 41

Sunday, May 13, 2018
China’s Secretive Home-Built Aircraft Carrier Sets Out for Sea Trials
Defense

China’s Secretive Home-Built Aircraft Carrier Sets Out for Sea Trials

BEIJING, May 13 (Reuters) – China’s first domestically developed aircraft carrier left its northeastern port to begin sea trials on Sunday, state

May 13, 2018
Total Views: 5

Friday, May 4, 2018
Adm. James G Stavridis
Defense

How To Avoid A Naval Cold War In The High North

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) In the classic Cold War novel (and fine 1965 film) “The Bedford Incident,” a U.S. destroyer on a NATO

May 4, 2018
Total Views: 34

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
china home-built aircraft carrier
Defense

China’s 1st New Aircraft Carrier To Start Sea Trials

  by Ben Blanchard (Reuters) China first domestically developed aircraft carrier looks set to begin sea trials after pictures appeared on the Chinese

April 24, 2018
Total Views: 13

Monday, April 23, 2018
china home-built aircraft carrier
Defense

China’s First Home-Built Aircraft Carrier Looks Set to Start Sea Trials

BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China first domestically developed aircraft carrier looks set to begin sea trials after pictures appeared on the Chinese

April 23, 2018
Total Views: 6

Saturday, April 14, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech as he reviews a military display of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the South China Sea
Defense

Xi Presides Over China’s Largest-Ever Naval Operation

by Philip Wen (Reuters) – In full military uniform President Xi Jinping presided over the Chinese Navy’s largest-ever military display on Thursday,

April 14, 2018
Total Views: 26

Tuesday, March 27, 2018
china show of force south china sea
Defense

Satellite Snaps Photos of China’s Show of Force in South China Sea

By James Pearson and Greg Torode HANOI/HONG KONG, March 27 (Reuters) – Dozens of Chinese naval vessels are exercising this week with an aircraft carrier

March 27, 2018
Total Views: 23

Wednesday, September 6, 2017
China's aircraft carrier Liaoning sails into Hong Kong
Defense

China’s Navy Practices ‘Surprise Attack’ Near Korea

by Christian Shepherd (Reuters) – China’s navy and air force has carried out exercises near the Korean peninsula, practicing to defend against a

September 6, 2017
Total Views: 68

Friday, July 7, 2017
China's aircraft carrier Liaoning sails into Hong Kong
Defense

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sails into Hong Kong on Maiden Visit

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, July 7 (Reuters) – China‘s first aircraft carrier sailed into Hong Kong waters on Friday, its latest show of growing

July 7, 2017
Total Views: 35

Sunday, June 4, 2017
FILE PHOTO: China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet conducts a drill in an area of South China Sea
Defense

China’s Growing Naval Might Confronts U.S. Supremacy in Asia

By David Tweed and Adrian Leung (Bloomberg) — Ship by ship, port by port, China has over the past two decades been assembling one of the essential

June 4, 2017
Total Views: 11

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
china home-built aircraft carrier
Defense

China Launches First Home-Built Aircraft Carrier

By Michael Martina BEIJING, April 26 (Reuters) – China launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier on Wednesday amid rising tension over

April 26, 2017
Total Views: 25
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