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People in Guam and Japan move to higher ground, while highways in Hawaii busy as residents leave for safe areasTsunami warning live updatesIn the Pacific territory of Guam shortly before lunchtime on Tuesday, Sam Mabini’s phone began to ping. A tsunami…
Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond.
Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a conflict with Taiwan or the United States.
Officials tell Reuters bombers moving to Pacific Island but unclear whether deployment tied to Middle East tensionsThe United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday, as Donald Trump weighs …
The Defense Department’s plan to add missile defense systems to Guam in a new organizational structure is running into major problems as a recent watchdog report finds they still lack […]
In 2023, the Albanese Government released the public version of the independent Defence Strategic Review (DSR) along with the government’s response to the review. The DSR called for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to have the capacity to defend Australia and its immediate region and to “deter through denial any adversary’s attempt to project power […]
Australia’s Defence Strategic Review and the Growing Importance of Extended Deterrence was originally published on Global Security Review.
Military planners in the US appear biased toward a scenario that allows for multiple moves in a game called “Defend Taiwan from a Chinese Invasion.” In this game, there is a tendency to focus on a drawn-out slog over a Chinese invasion of the island. Such a back-and-forth tit-for-tat contingency is in no one’s interest […]
Why 2024 Is a Good Year for China to Attack American Forces was originally published on Global Security Review.
B-52 Stratofortresses, part of the 2nd Bomb Wing stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, touched down at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in October 2023. According to a press release from Pacific Air Forces, Bomber Task Force missions demon…
While the company says a prototype launcher is “nearly complete,” in the meantime the Army is receiving Raytheon’s AIM-9X interceptor with plans to confirm that thermal management problems have been solved.
GOP-led House committee convenes on Guam as officials say Beijing working to ‘fill perceived voids in America’s assistance’Countering China and bolstering national security dominated the conversation in a Hilton hotel on Guam, 15 hours before and ocean…