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China Fires Hypersonic DF-17 Missile in Rare Public Launch Video. Upgraded ‘Guam Killer’ DF-26 Also Shown

China’s state broadcaster recently aired the first-ever footage of the DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle missile launch, alongside what military analysts identified as a newly...

U.S., Australia & Japan Launch Major F-35 Wargames as China Fired Sub-Launched Ballistic Missile Into Pacific

After China fired a nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), the Indo-Pacific trinity of the United States, Australia, and Japan pulled out their big guns—the...

First in NATO’s 77-Year History: South Korea Negotiates Access to Alliance’s $9.9 Billion Joint Procurement Market

A small Asian country that depends on the US for its own security and had no defense industry worth its name until two decades...

89th Anniversary of Sino-Japan War: Beijing, Tokyo Renew Hostilities Near Disputed Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands

On July 7, Chinese and Japanese coast guard ships faced off near the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, with...

Taiwan Identifies JL-2 in China’s Pacific Missile Test; Russia Supports, U.S., Allies Slam SLBM Firing

China test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the South Pacific in a rare display of muscle flexing. Incidentally, the test came just hours...