Asia
Japan’s Battleship Yamato Is a Warning to Modern Naval Planners
Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would...
Study a Forgotten War to Glimpse the Pacific Future
The U.S. Navy can learn much from the Russo-Japanese War—and from dueling interpretations of that conflict by naval theorists Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian S. Corbett.
The B-2s in the Indian Ocean Aren’t Just for Show!
Beginning last month, the B-2 bombers were sent to the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago as part of the U.S. military's build-up in the region.
Black Cats: Taiwan’s Cold War U-2 Spy Pilots Risked Life and Limb
U-2 pilots conducted a total of 102 overflights of the People’s Republic of China from 1962 to 1968.
Donald Trump’s Gift to China
The largest beneficiary of America’s tariff-induced meltdown has been China—which has used past Western crises to stake out maximalist positions in international affairs.
The Philippines Is Building Up Its Air Force—and America Is Helping
First flown in the 1970s, the F-16 is still heavily relied upon, particularly among smaller militaries without the resources to fly and maintain larger and more expensive planes such as...
The Philippines Will Receive Twenty F-16 Fighting Falcons
The proposed sale will enhance the Philippine Air Force‘s ability to conduct maritime domain awareness and close air support missions and enhance its suppression of enemy air defenses
The $6 Billion Build-up of Bombers in the Indian Ocean
The massive convenience of U.S. bombers at the Diego Garcia military base in the remote corners of the Indian Ocean is likely setting off alarm bells for the Middle East.
Final F-15 Eagle Flies From Kadena Air Base
Earlier this year, the United States Air Force‘s eighteenth Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) at Kadena Air Base, Japan, was deactivated, and the final F-15C Eagle flew out of the base.
China Holds Major Naval Exercise With a Carrier Near Taiwan
The military exercise was “to test the joint combat readiness” of the Command‘s forces and serve as a “stern warning” against Taiwanese separatism, according to China.
Senator Tom Cotton and “Seven Things You Can’t Say About China”
Sen. Cotton believes that China can be defeated without firing a shot if we as a nation play our cards right.
The Army’s Newest Units are Needed in the Indo-Pacific
By placing an MDTF in Japan, South Korea, or the Philippines, the Army could bolster deterrence in the Western Pacific and protect key U.S. and ally military assets. The Department...