- October 29th, 2025
The South China Sea to the Taiwan Strait: Asia’s Security Order in Flux The ocean lanes of the Indo-Pacific are increasingly tense: from the contested features of the South China Sea, across the narrowing waters of the Taiwan Strait, to...
With the intensifying great power rivalry, middle powers like Indonesia and Australia are increasingly asking a critical question: can economic cooperation provide a hedge against growing strategic vulnerability? This concern shaped the discussions during the Indonesia–Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held...
The great power contest between Washington and Beijing is playing out not just in trade tariffs and technological rivalry — it is increasingly manifesting in steel and concrete, in pipelines and ports, in the tension between sea lanes and land...
The USNS Guam offloaded a system that may reshape the military balance in the Western Pacific. Crated aboard the ship was the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), a highly mobile, ground-based anti-ship missile platform. Within weeks, Marines from the 12th...
The Indian Navy is preparing for nothing short of a revolution at sea. By 2030, every major surface combatant in its frontline fleet—destroyers, frigates, next-generation corvettes, and missile vessels—will be armed with the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. It is not...
In late 2025 or early 2026, the world will witness a milestone in global naval history. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is preparing to field its first operational stealth fighters at sea—the twin-engine J-35—aboard the Type 003 Fujian supercarrier....
On Tuesday night, the roar of jet engines at Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport in Kuantan was abruptly silenced by flames. A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) F/A-18D Hornet, one of the service’s most advanced multi-role fighters, suffered a catastrophic...
The J-35A is no longer just China’s newest stealth fighter—it is the embodiment of a sweeping transformation in Beijing’s airpower doctrine, aimed at redefining aerial warfare and establishing the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) as a dominant force for decades to...
In the Indo-Pacific and the world’s great powers compete for strategic influence, one aircraft has come to symbolize the frontline of U.S. surveillance, maritime deterrence, and undersea warfare: the Boeing P-8A Poseidon. Derived from the Boeing 737-800ERX commercial airframe but...
In a momentous milestone for U.S. military modernization and strategic deterrence, the United States Army has executed the first overseas deployment of its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system—known as the "Dark Eagle"—to Australia. As announced by U.S. Army Pacific on...
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