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Taiwan defends airport against simulated Chinese attack
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Taiwan staged its first-ever military drill at Taoyuan International Airport on Wednesday, briefly halting commercial traffic as soldiers practised defending the facility against a simulated attack by Beijing.
China rehearses 'sealing off' Taiwan, US deploys naval destroyer
AFP, Published on 10/04/2023
» China simulated "sealing off" Taiwan during a third day of wargames around the self-ruled island on Monday, as the United States deployed a naval destroyer into Beijing-claimed waters in a show of force.
US vows to defend space with Japan, deploy mobile Marines as China worries grow
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday that attacks in space would invoke its defence treaty with Japan and announced the deployment of a more agile Marine unit in its ally as alarm grows over China.
'Not ready': Taiwan reservists stoic but unprepared for China threat
AFP, Published on 25/08/2022
» TAIPEI - Sitting pensively in a pew at a Taipei church, army reservist Henry Cheng is nonchalant about the Chinese warships and jets circling his island -- but he also feels ill-prepared for war.
North Korea's Kim says US is 'root cause' of tensions
AFP, Published on 12/10/2021
» SEOUL - The leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, Kim Jong Un, has blamed the United States for tensions on the peninsula, state media reported Tuesday.
China plans live-fire military exercise in Taiwan Strait
Published on 28/11/2018
» BEIJING: China has announced it will hold live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan's government.
Russia turns up uninvited to major NATO wargames
AFP, Published on 04/11/2018
» ON BOARD NAVY USS MOUNT WHITNEY (NORWAY) - The whirring of a low-flying Soviet Union-era war plane signalled Russia's uninvited arrival to NATO's biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War.