- August 27th, 2026
China has reportedly developed a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) capable of releasing an air-to-air weapon during flight, a potentially significant development that could allow the People’s Liberation Army to threaten high-value American and allied aircraft from extreme distances. If the...
The United States is escalating its economic campaign against Iran, threatening countries, banks, shipping companies and other entities that continue to maintain commercial ties with Tehran as Washington seeks to cut off the Iranian regime’s remaining financial lifelines. The campaign,...
China has deployed its heavyweight J-16 multirole fighters more than 6,000 kilometres to Egypt for the Eagles of Civilization 2026 joint air exercise, marking a significant expansion in the scale and sophistication of Beijing’s overseas military aviation activity. The deployment,...
Uzbekistan has emerged as China’s second known foreign operator of the J-10CE fighter after Pakistan, marking a potentially significant shift in the military balance and defence procurement landscape of Central Asia. Clearer photographs of a light-grey J-10CE carrying serial number...
China’s reported development of autonomous defensive networks for remote maritime outposts could mark a significant evolution in the country’s approach to securing contested features in the South China Sea, shifting the emphasis from static fortifications toward distributed, machine-enabled combat networks....
China’s next-generation Type 004 aircraft carrier is rapidly taking shape at the Dalian shipyard, with new satellite imagery showing an approximately 320-metre hull emerging as Beijing accelerates one of its most consequential naval construction programmes. Commercial satellite imagery dated August...
Japan’s US Security Dependence Faces New Test as Trump Shake-Up Raises Questions Over Tokyo’s Plan B
On Wednesday night, August 19, protesters gathered along roads near the residence of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, calling on her government to preserve Japan’s pacifist tradition and uphold the country’s constitutional commitment to peace. Their appeals came after a...
Pakistan’s suspected procurement of China’s LD-2000 close-in air defence system could carry implications extending well beyond the acquisition of another point-defence weapon, potentially deepening Beijing’s role in the architecture, doctrine and technological infrastructure underpinning Pakistan’s wider air defence network. Although...
China’s largest coast guard vessel has conducted an extended patrol inside the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of Malaysia and Brunei, highlighting Beijing’s increasingly persistent use of maritime law-enforcement forces to advance its interests in the contested South China Sea. China...
Taiwan is beginning to receive the first operational aircraft from its 66-jet F-16V Block 70 order, marking a major milestone in the island’s long-running effort to modernise its combat-air fleet while confronting a far more difficult strategic question: whether advanced...
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