Taiwan HIMARS Live-Fire Drills West Coast

Taiwan Conducts HIMARS Live-Fire Drills on West Coast Amid Rising Tensions with China

Taiwan has conducted its first live-fire exercises involving the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) along its strategically vital western coastline, marking a significant milestone in the island’s efforts to strengthen defenses against a potential Chinese invasion. The drills,...
North Korea HIMARS-like system

North Korea Tests HIMARS-Like MLRS as Kim Jong Un Expands Precision Strike Arsenal Near South Korea

North Korea has unveiled what appears to be a new truck-mounted multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) bearing a striking resemblance to the United States’ highly successful High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), highlighting Pyongyang’s growing emphasis on precision conventional warfare...
China Sentences Former Defence Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu

China Sentences Former Defence Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to Death With Reprieve Amid Expanding PLA Corruption Purge and Rising Security Concerns

China has sentenced two former defence ministers to death with a two-year reprieve in one of the most severe military corruption crackdowns in the country’s modern history, intensifying international concern over the reliability and cohesion of Beijing’s nuclear-capable armed forces...
China is rapidly scaling up its deep-sea research and seabed mapping activities across some of the world’s most strategically sensitive waters, prompting growing concern among defense analysts that these ostensibly scientific missions may underpin future undersea warfare capabilities.

China’s Vast Ocean Floor Surveillance and Mining Push Sparks Alarm Over Hidden Military Ambitions Beneath Global Waters

China is rapidly scaling up its deep-sea research and seabed mapping activities across some of the world’s most strategically sensitive waters, prompting growing concern among defense analysts that these ostensibly scientific missions may underpin future undersea warfare capabilities. Recent reporting...
Cyberspace Administration of China

China’s Blockchain Strategy: How Beijing Is Building State-Controlled Digital Trust Infrastructure for Global Trade and Data

For much of the past decade, discussions about blockchain in Western technology circles have been dominated by cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance (DeFi) experiments, and volatile token markets. The technology’s public image has been shaped largely by projects like Bitcoin and platforms...
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, Ninth Party Congress

North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress Hardens Division With South Korea, Expands Nuclear Doctrine and Demands US Recognition Permanent Nuclear State

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party to deliver a sweeping message of defiance and consolidation: his regime will press ahead with state-driven economic development, accelerate a military buildup centered on nuclear...
Kim Jong Un, Kim Ju Ae

Kim’s Daughter Takes Center Stage Presumed Successor, Though Intelligence Stops Short of Dismissing Hidden Rival

South Korea’s spy agency has ignited fresh debate over the future of the world’s only hereditary communist dynasty, reporting that National Intelligence Service (NIS) believes Kim Jong Un has settled on a daughter of about 13 as his eventual successor....
Chinese fishing boats

China’s Shadow Fishing Fleet Emerges Covert Naval Force, Raising Blockade Fears Across Indo-Pacific

China is rapidly expanding its reach across the Indo-Pacific, deploying a shadow fleet of nominally civilian fishing vessels as a covert extension of the People’s Liberation Army Navy — the world’s largest naval force by hull count. By weaponizing hundreds...
Chinese military

China’s Sweeping Dual-Use Export Ban Strikes at Heart of Japan’s Defense Industry Across Land, Sea, Air and Space

China has sharply escalated its retaliation against Japan’s accelerating military expansion under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, imposing sweeping export bans and blacklisting some of the country’s most critical defense and technology institutions in a move that deepens one of the...
Sanae Takaichi

Takaichi Cabinet 2.0 Sets Course for Multi-Year Budgeting, Debt-Tolerant Growth Strategy and Sweeping Fiscal Governance Reform

Japan’s newly reaffirmed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi held a major press conference on Wednesday, February 18, outlining her government’s priorities for what she called the “Takaichi Cabinet 2.0.” At the center of her remarks was a firm commitment to what...
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