As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

U.S., Japanese, Philippine, and Australian naval forces staged their first maritime cooperative activity last April amid ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 7.

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on May 30, 2023, of China's unprofessional intercept of U.S. aircraft over the South China Sea: "The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate—safely and ...

Google says it will rename the Gulf of Mexico on its U.S. maps, and Mexico is pushing back. This wouldn't be the first body ...

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii >> Marines in Hawaii are testing out a new anti-­drone fighting system as they prepare for a ...

Chinese Coast Guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the South China Sea, forcing ...

Beijing has repeatedly asserted sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and accused rival claimant ... territorial disputes in one of the world’s busiest trade and security passageways ...

MANILA, Philippines, Jan 25, (AP): Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of ...

A China Coast Guard ship sailing past a Philippine fishing boat in the disputed South China Sea on May 16, 2024. (File photo: AFP/Ted Aljibe) 23 Jan 2025 05:41PM (Updated: 23 Jan 2025 05:42PM) ...

China already has the world’s largest navy in terms of number ... east coast and in the huge and strategically crucial South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety.

She was referring to a 17th-century map showing that name for much of ... remains a perennial source of diplomatic dispute. But the South China Sea case is hard to beat. All or parts of this ...