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US hard power must get harder
Oped, Todd G. Buchholz & Michael Mindlin, Published on 05/06/2025
» In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford gets his biggest laugh when a desert assassin twirls a scimitar with menacing bravado. Following this brief performance, Ford's character cracks a wry smile, takes out his pistol, and shoots the man dead. In a potential contest with China, the United States looks more like the medieval assassin, deploying young sailors and soldiers equipped with perilously outdated, vulnerable technology.
A diplomatic do-do
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/06/2025
» Re: 'Thailand's false sense of tariff security,' (Opinion, May 30).
China-Thailand meeting yields agreement on strategic cooperation and military exercises
South China Morning Post, Published on 23/05/2025
» Senior military officials from China and Thailand reached "important consensus" on strategic cooperation when they met on Thursday, according to the Defence Ministry in Beijing.
China-made sub deal decision looms
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 21/05/2025
» The government expects to decide soon whether it will proceed with the submarine procurement project, says Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai.
Be firm on subs deal
Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/05/2025
» After years of tap-dancing around the submarine procurement controversy, the government has finally admitted that it may have to take the submarines it ordered from China despite disagreements over engine options, or risk losing the money it handed over as a down payment for the deal.
Choices have costs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/05/2025
» Re: "No German engines for submarines", (BP, May 15).
No German engines for submarines
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/05/2025
» The Chinese-made submarines that Thailand ordered will not contain engines from Germany as the country is a member of the European Union and is so barred from exporting arms to China, says Germany's defence ministry.
Focus on Arctic, Canada boosts northern forces
AFP, Published on 25/02/2025
» YELLOWKNIFE, Canada - In the mess hall of a Canadian military base a few hundred kilometers south of the Arctic Circle, Brigadier-General Daniel Riviere pointed to a map highlighting the region that is becoming a national priority.
Fired nuclear bomb specialists recalled by US Energy Dept
Bloomberg, Published on 16/02/2025
» The US Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
US says drills with Philippines ‘purely defensive’
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2025
» US-Philippine military exercises are longstanding, “purely defensive” and intended to maintain force readiness and preserve regional security, a US State Department spokesperson said on Saturday.