Two Chinese coast guard vessels entered Japan’s territorial waters near the Senkakus on Tuesday, a day after a Chinese naval ship was spotted near the China-claimed islands, as tensions continue to heighten … Continue reading Chinese Coast Guard Ships Violate Japanese Waters Near Senkakus Islands
In a follow-up to an identically titled research report from 2014, the U.S. State Department has produced a detailed new legal analysis bashing Communist China’s illegal vaguely-defined “nine-dash line” claims on the … Continue reading US State Department Bashes China’s Illegal and Coercive South China Sea Claims
Chinese vessels have backed down from a Philippine-occupied atoll in the South China Sea after imposing a quasi-blockade that provoked strong warnings from Manila and Washington. Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told reporters … Continue reading China Backs Down in South China Sea After U.S., Philippines Warnings
In the increasingly tense South China Sea, which CCP China increasingly calls its own, despite all international law stating otherwise, there appears to be one constant. Every time American aircraft … Continue reading China Sends Bombers to Challenge US Aircraft Carriers in South China Sea – Every Time
Soon after China’s amended Maritime Traffic Safety Law took effect on September 1 requiring all foreign vessels sailing in the South China Sea to report their information to Chinese authorities, Philippine Defense Secretary … Continue reading Philippines Defies China’s New Maritime ‘Law’ on South China Sea, Asks for More US Help
After months of growing provocations by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and its naval auxiliaries and ostensibly ‘civilian’ Chinese fishing fleets, the Philippines is starting to push back. On … Continue reading Philippines Coast Guard Pushes Back Against CCP China’s Warship Incursion
Daily we see reports of escalations, provocations and tensions rising in the South China Sea, with U.S. and allied forces regularly crisscrossing the area to counter Chinese bullying and illegal … Continue reading Does CCP China Really Want a Fight? What If It’s Making a Strategic Mistake in South China Sea?
As tensions continue to rise with China in the South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, the U.S. is beefing up its deployed forces in the region. A U.S. Navy destroyer … Continue reading US Sends F-22 Raptors, F-15E Strike Eagles and Destroyer to Pacific to Counter CCP China
In the ongoing Gray Zone conflict in the South China Sea, CCP China gaslights the U.S. Navy for its legitimate and legal freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the region, … Continue reading Info Warfare – CCP China Bullies and Threatens its Neighbors, Then Gaslights US Navy for Freedom Ops
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has been testing President Joe Biden in the Pacific since before he assumed office, but increasingly since January 20. As I have written, China … Continue reading China Tests Biden – Three Gray Zone Flashpoints in Pacific Could Lead to Conflict
As part of its bold new distributed expeditionary warfare concept to take on China, U.S. Marines were seen deploying man-portable, shoulder launched, FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles aboard small rubber boats … Continue reading US Marines with Stinger Anti-aircraft Missiles Use Small Rubber Boats Near Japan
In what appears to be a growing norm, the U.S. Navy recently deployed two aircraft carrier strike groups (CSG) near Chinese-occupied islands in the South China Sea (SCS). The super … Continue reading US Navy Deploys TWO Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups Near China
As reported earlier, President Joe Biden is facing increasing tests from China in his first two weeks in office, in the form of aggressive military actions in the South China … Continue reading China Continues Aggressive Military Actions Near Taiwan in Biden’s Second Week as POTUS
In addition to the massive foray of Chinese military aircraft breaching Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) last weekend, China challenged President Biden in more aggressive ways. During the operation … Continue reading Testing Biden – Chinese Jets Launch Mock Strike Against US Aircraft Carrier in South China Sea
In a clear message to President Joe Biden, China sent at least 15 military aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Sunday, January 24, just four days after Biden’s … Continue reading China Tests Biden – Sends Record 15 Military Aircraft Toward Taiwan
As China continues to flex its naval might throughout the Pacific, and beyond, a new concern has emerged. Along with supposedly civilian underwater mapping systems I wrote about previously, we are … Continue reading Is China Using Underwater Drones To Map Strategic Shipping Routes for Its Attack Subs?
Yesterday, China launched a DF-26B and a DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) – it also calls “carrier killers” – from two different locations on the mainland converging on one target area … Continue reading China Warns U.S. – Fires Two Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Into South China Sea
Commercial satellite company Planet Labs has managed to spy what appears to be a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Shang class, Type 093 nuclear attack submarine leaving a “James … Continue reading Chinese Submarine Spotted Outside Secret Undersea Base in South China Sea
On Monday, after years of aggressive Chinese expansion in the South China Sea (SCS), the U.S. dramatically hardened its policy – stating clearly for the first time that China’s maritime … Continue reading U.S. Raises Stakes Rejecting China’s ‘Completely Unlawful’ Sea Claims
