Taiwan Debates Military Spending as Choices Over U.S. and China Loom

China Maps Ocean Floor Amid Concerns Over Submarine Warfare With US

The ship-tracking data show that China's seabed-surveying effort is focused in part on militarily important waters round the Philippines and the US.

Tokyo weighs on nationalizing military factories

Nationalizing the factories would allow for direct state budget funding

Taiwan Debates Military Spending as Choices Over U.S. and China Loom

Tensions in the opposition Nationalist Party could surface this week as lawmakers argue over additional defense funding intended to counter Beijing’s growing might.

China is mapping the ocean floor as it prepares for submarine warfare with US

SYDNEY — China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be crucial for waging submarine warfare against the US and its allies.In one example, the Dong Fang Hong 3, a research vessel operated by Ocean University of China, spent 2024...