The Haixun 03 will enable safety authorities to support services stationed 1,200km away on Subi Reef, analyst says.
About 4,500 boys aged 15 to 16 have been recruited for PLA Navy’s youth aviation schools this month.
Joint exercises with Asia-Pacific partners have become common practice in competition between Washington and Beijing.
The device has an SOS button that alerts a central hub when needed, state TV reports.
Washington shows no sign of lifting long-standing sanctions on China’s new defence minister, observers say.
Expectations could grow for China to push to resolve other difficult issues in the region, analyst says.
China can use diplomatic, political and economic leverage to push peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, observers say.
More PLA resources to go towards integration and modernisation of the armed forces – rather than buying weapon systems, observers say.
Budget and Premier Li Keqiang’s final work report both stress importance of boosting ‘combat readiness’ while deepening ‘independent’ overseas ties.
Beijing must balance ambitions with post-Covid economic recovery, but global challenges make pressing case for spending, experts said.
Chinese military deploys fighter jets and warships after US Navy announces reconnaissance plane’s trip through Taiwan Strait.
After joint naval drills with China and South Africa, a group of Russian warships will continue long-distance deployment, Russian reports say.
Proposed amendments to defence mobilisation act are meant to counter cognitive warfare from the mainland.
Observers say the conflict is a ‘golden opportunity’ to study modern warfare, particularly in the context of any Taiwan Strait action.
Beijing wants to retain its economic ties with the West but will not abandon its relationship with Moscow, observers say.
Military and China-US relations experts point to signs that both sides are strengthening their combat readiness.
Beijing has criticised the decision, but defence analysts generally believe it will not seek tit-for-tat revenge.
Both countries are keen to keep up high-level dialogue to manage their differences, observers say.
The risk of a conflict between the Chinese and US militaries has increased as both sides boost deterrence capabilities, experts say.
A call by a former PLA officer for China and the US to establish a mechanism similar to the 1972 US-Soviet Incidents at Sea Agreement prompts a sceptical response from a former US Defence Department official.
Vessel in Shanghai shipyard could be long-rumoured Type 054B but with mast design similar to Type 055 destroyer, according to analysts.
Arms supplied to allies and partners rose by almost 50 per cent last year to reach almost US$52 billion, the Pentagon says.
Beijing ramps up combat patrols after Washington increases military aid to the island, but observers say intimidation campaign could boost public support for US-Taiwan defence collaboration.
The exercises have been condemned by Washington, but are seen as giving a PR boost to Moscow amid its ongoing war against Ukraine.
All missing people have been accounted for, state media says, as warm weather and strong winds are blamed for massive Himalayan snowslip that buried holiday travellers.
Military experts say the bombers have been deployed to all five PLA theatre commands, amid increasing provocations from the US and its allies in the South and East China seas.
Fresh graduates are being put through intensive training programmes and deployed on combat patrols, CCTV says.
Flotilla led by Chinese-made Shandong carrier performs ‘confrontational exercises’ as US Navy carries out training and anti-submarine activities ahead of Lunar New Year.
Funding suggests island could get better weapons, possibly much-needed warships, Taiwanese observer says.
Images of an unidentified craft near Subic Bay have sparked speculation it could have been collecting military intelligence.
