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China Has Proved It Can Blockade Taiwan
A blockade of Taiwan would last many months, if not years, and would likely succeed in crippling the island enough to allow pro-Beijing accommodationist elements to take power.
An interesting image was spread on the internet last weekend. It depicted a new piece of equipment being loaded aboard the American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS George Washington.
The Department of Defense last month issued a small contract for a Navy project to develop and provide a modular energy ...
An MQ-9 Reaper drifts ominously through the crisp, pre-dawn sky over Sanaa, Yemen. Its matte-gray fuselage blends seamlessly ...
And from Gwadar to Hambantota, Chinese military power projection continues to increase in the neighbourhood. Meanwhile, the trade deficit in favour of China has crossed the $100bn mark despite ...
In its assessment report on Chinese military power, the Pentagon said the Eastern Theater Command likely would oversee any Taiwan invasion campaign. The command, which also likely executes ...
Almost 143 kilometers from the coast of Zambales, China’s “monster ship” got so close to the Philippine land mass that the ...
The fifth edition of the exercise in the Indo-Pacific is the pinnacle of a wider 150-day French deployment, centered around ...
Russia plans to commence mass production of the new Iskander-1000 missile system, which could alter the power dynamics in the ...
At a distance of just 370 miles, Kadena is the closest American air base to Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China has long claimed as its own territory and has reserved the right to use force against ...
China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) achieved a significant milestone when its fifth generation jet, the ...