Category: Military

Indonesia’s defense minister's deleted social media post on J-10C fighter jets may have revealed more than intended: Jakarta’s plan on a potential deal with China to purchase, signaling a quiet pivot that potentially disrupts Jakarta’s longstanding military ties with Washington. Although ...

Gilberto Teodoro, the Defense Secretary of the Philippines, got into a tense back-and-forth with Chinese officials at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday. During a plenary session, two People’s Liberation Army officers asked him if Manila would adopt a friendlier attitude to China or serve as a U.S. ...

Global tensions ticked up this weekend as U.S. Secretary of State Pete Hegseth said China wants to “fundamentally alter” security relations in the Asia-Pacific region. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, Hegseth said possible Chinese action on Taiwan is “real and could be imminent.”

Many Chinese military fans were surprised when Indonesia announced on May 28th that it had signed a defense agreement with France, including plans to purchase Rafale fighter jets, despite the Chinese J-10C’s impressive performance in the much-discussed 2019 India-Pakistan aerial skirmish. In that engagement, Pakistan’s J-10C reportedly ...

Sales representatives from the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC), maker of the newly popular J-10CE fighter jet, were especially busy last week at a major weapons exhibition in Malaysia. The J-10CE got a boost earlier this month when it was used in combat ...

As the fifth round of the U.S.-Iran nuclear talks ends in deadlock, a recent commentary from Chinese outlet Phoenix News suggests the entire negotiation track may be doomed—undermined by strategic mistrust, asymmetric stakes, and Iran’s hard-learned refusal to surrender its nuclear leverage.

A viral Chinese video on Bilibili titled “$142 Billion U.S. Arms Deal! Why Is Saudi Arabia Repeatedly Siding with the U.S.?” has stirred debate across Chinese social media platforms. The video struck a nerve with Chinese netizens by posing a gripping question: Does Riyadh’s record-breaking weapons ...

Rumors are circulating in the Indian press that China is working with Bangladesh to refurbish a military base close to the Siliguri Corridor, the narrow and strategically fraught region between Bangladesh and Nepal connecting to the country’s northeast states.  The ...

Rumors are circulating in the Indian press that China is working with Bangladesh to refurbish a military base close to the Siliguri Corridor, the narrow and strategically fraught region between Bangladesh and Nepal connecting to the country’s northeast states.  The ...

By Rebecca BAILEY with AFP reporters in Islamabad and Washington Just over a week after a ceasefire with India was struck, Pakistan's foreign minister is visiting his country's largest arms supplier, China, with the performance of the weapons they supplied a ...

Vietnam has expressed concern over the commencement of “Golden Dragon 2025,” the largest joint military drill between China and Cambodia, calling on all countries to uphold international law and contribute to peace in the region. “We believe that ...

The United States on Wednesday unveiled fresh sanctions against six people and 12 firms -- including several based in China and Hong Kong -- for their support of Iran's ballistic missile program. The action follows sanctions on a series of entities ...