Defense

AS A CHINA AIRCRAFT ENTERS THE AREA, TAIWAN ACTIVATES ITS AIR DEFENSES 

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Over the last three years, China, which sees Taiwan as its own territory, has routinely used its air force over the skies surrounding the island but not in Taiwan’s sovereign airspace. On Thursday, June 8th, Taiwan activated its defensive systems after receiving reports of 37 Chinese military aircraft entering the island’s air defense zone, some […]

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RUSSIA AND CHINA CONDUCT AIR PATROL OVER SEA OF JAPAN, EAST CHINA SEA 

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On Tuesday, 6th June, as South Korea claimed to have sent out fighter jets in response to aircraft flying close to its airspace, China and Russia conducted combined air force patrols over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. According to an annual military cooperation plan between China and Russia, Beijing and Moscow

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US LOOKING FOR TNT IN JAPAN FOR ARTILLERY SHELLS FOR UKRAINE 

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As Washington hurries arms and ammunition to Ukraine for a planned counteroffensive against Russian forces, Washington is looking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155mm artillery rounds. Any purchase for pacifist Japan might raise difficulty since export laws prohibit Japanese businesses from selling deadly goods abroad, such the howitzer rounds fired every day

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AS NORTH KOREA ISSUES A SATELLITE LAUNCH WARNING, JAPAN ALERTS ITS MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM 

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After North Korea informed Japan of a satellite launch between May 31 and June 11, Japan placed its ballistic missile defenses on alert and issued a warning that it would shoot down any missile that attacked its territory. North Korea claims to have finished building its first military surveillance satellite, and its leader, Kim Jong

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IN RESPONSE TO ALLEGED RUSSIAN ARM SALES, SOUTH AFRICA SUMMONS THE US ENVOY 

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The US ambassador to South Africa said that Pretoria had sent weapons to Russia to aid in its conflict in Ukraine, and he was betting “his life” that the claims were true. The office of President Ramaphosa requested proof. The US ambassador was called into a meeting by the South African foreign ministry on May

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TAIWAN ISSUES A WARNING ABOUT A “SUDDEN INCURSION” BY CHINESE FORCES NEAR THE ISLAND 

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Considering escalating military tensions across the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defense minister, Chiu Kuo-cheng, issued a warning on Monday, March 6th, saying the island must be on high alert for a “sudden incursion” by the Chinese military into areas near to its territory this year. In recent years, China has increased its military operations in the

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GERMANY AND CHINA IN CONFLICT OVER WEST’S SUPPLY OF WEAPONS TO UKRAINE 

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Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, argued with Chinese diplomats on Thursday, vehemently disputing their assertion that the west was fanning the flames by supplying Ukraine. It’s time, according to Baerbock, for China to tell Russia to quit its belligerence. China intervened to present itself as above the conflict by proposing a list of measures,

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FIRST SECURITY DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN IN FOUR YEARS 
 

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In an effort to normalize their bilateral relations, China and Japan started a security dialogue on Wednesday for the first time in four years, according to local media. The two countries’ security dialogue’s recent gathering took place in February 2019 in Beijing.  During their first formal security talks in four years, China expressed profound concern

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PHILIPPINES INCREASES MILITARY ACCESS TO THE US AMID CONCERNS WITH CHINA 

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The United States will have greater access to the Philippines’ military installations, the two nations announced on Thursday. This will provide US soldiers a strategic foothold near Taiwan’s independent state on the southeast coast of the South China Sea. The recently announced agreement will allow the US to rotate soldiers to a total of nine

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SOUTH AFRICA PARTICIPATES IN NAVAL EXERCISES WITH BRICS MEMBERS, RUSSIA AND CHINA 

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In conjunction with the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, South Africa revealed plans to undertake combined naval drills with navies from BRICS partners Russia and China off its coast this month, from February 17 through February 27. The exercises are anticipated to increase attention on the development of ties between

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