No Chinese bases, Timor-Leste says
Timor-Leste's President José Ramos-Horta definitively ruled out any Chinese military bases in his country, the ABC reports.
When asked by 7.30 whether he would allow any...
RN tells of monitoring Russians
The Royal Navy has revealed details of their operation monitoring Russian naval vessels off the coast of Cork last week, the Journal reports. A spokesperson...
Importance of engaging Asia
By Peter Varghese*
The political philosopher Edmund Burke once observed that society was a contract across generations linking the past, present and future. Something similar...
US stops Iran from stealing unmanned vessel
The U.S. Navy halted one of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy vessels from confiscating a 5th Fleet unmanned surface vessel in the Arabian...
China mapping underwater assets
For all the muscle-flexing by China and escalating rhetoric by the United States, there's another fierce contest occurring completely out of sight — the battle...
China tries to erase Taiwan Strait ‘line’
For nearly 70 years an imagined line running down the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China has helped keep the peace but the so-called...
US vessel refused Solomons refuel
A US Coast Guard vessel was unable to enter the Solomon Islands for a routine port call because the local government did not respond to...
Geography’s role in Chinese Indian Ocean push
By David Brewster*
A recent study published by the US Army War College looks at how geography constrained the Soviet military presence in the Indian...
China-Taiwan submarine imbalance
Even to laypeople, the odds of a China-versus-Taiwan underwater faceoff seem unbalanced, VOA News reports.
China’s submarine force: 66 boats in 2020 with 76 expected...
China’s Djbouti base fully operational
Satellite images sourced by NDTV indicate that China's naval base in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, is now fully operational and supports Chinese...