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Tag: US Pacific Command

Posted inTaiwan

US and Japan float a plan to defend Taiwan

by Stephen Bryen December 29, 2021January 5, 2022

While few details are available, Japan’s Kyodo news service reported that a draft plan had been agreed between the United States and Japan in case of a Taiwan emergency. The draft operational plan was initially proposed by the US Pacific Command (PACOM) and the plan itself was worked out by Japan’s Self Defense Force and the US […]

ARABIAN SEAâ The USS Albuquerque SSN-706 participates in a photo-exercise Sept. 10, 2006 in the North Arabian Sea. U.S. and Pakistani forces are conducting a bilateral exercise in the Northern Arabian Sea and in territorial waters of Pakistan as part of exercise INSPIRED UNION 2006. Exercise INSPIRED UNION enhances interoperability and tactical proficiency between coalition and regional forces, which may be used as part of regional maritime security operations. MSO set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment.Photo: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

Renaming the US Pacific Command: Why Indo-Pacific?

by Abhishek Mohanty June 5, 2018June 6, 2018
The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers conducting an exercise in the Philippine Sea in February 2018. Photo: US Navy via AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Russia, South Asia, Taiwan, World

US admiral outlines new military buildup to counter China

by Bill Gertz April 24, 2018February 18, 2020
A high-speed camera image of the Office of Naval Research's Electromagnetic Railgun firing a world-record setting 33 mega-joule shot. Photo: US Navy via AFP/John F Williams
Posted inAustralia, China, Oceania, Russia, World

Reports of US Navy railgun being abandoned are premature

by Doug Tsuruoka Editor at Large February 20, 2018February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump is welcomed by US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, then commander of United States Pacific Command, at its headquarters in Aiea, Hawaii, November 3, 2017. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Trump dispatches China hawk to Australia

by Alan Boyd February 14, 2018February 18, 2020
A US military vehicle which is a part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system arrives in Seongju. Photo: Kim Jun-beom/Yonhap via Reuters
Posted inBeijing, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Claim that Beijing wants a wall to block THAAD ‘unlikely’

by Frank Chen November 27, 2017February 18, 2020

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