Impact of study on US military’s F-22 fighter jet could be great given range of its air-to-air missiles and required radius for ground bomb attacks, says team.

Legislation comes amid alarm in Washington over volume of material moving from Beijing to Moscow and said to be turning up on battlefields in Ukraine.

The call between Dong Jun and Lloyd Austin comes after a series of clashes between the Chinese coastguard and the Philippines, a US ally.

People’s Liberation Army holds air defence exercise amid fighting between Three Brotherhood Alliance and Myanmar’s military junta.

The video call between Secretary Lloyd Austin and Admiral Dong Jun, who was appointed defence minister in December, is the latest sign of a thaw in US-China relations.

The name of the ship has already been criticised in China because it shares its name with an imperial warship that bombed Shanghai in the 1930s.

Possible enlargement of the Indo-Pacific cooperation pact could leave China more isolated, with a more complex network of potential adversaries.

After pausing them during the pandemic, Beijing’s growing military diplomacy is seeing more frequent port visits.

‘If China and Vietnam work well on this’, Manila would ‘not go too far to provoke’ Beijing, analyst says.

Comments follow US President’s meeting with Japanese leader, where they unveiled a series of deals to strengthen military and economic ties to counter China.

New weapons programmes to counter China in the air and space held up by political obstruction, stopgap measures, Senate subpanel told.

The US urged greater transparency from Cambodia over the US$1.7 billion project that analysts say could be used to boost China’s military presence in Phnom Penh.

Study Times, a key Communist Party paper, publishes series by PLA experts on emerging weapons technology to take strategic high ground.

Chinese foreign ministry says China does not compete with other nations in military power and ‘firmly pursues a defensive national defence policy’.

A new Japanese regiment equipped with advanced anti-ship missiles was established in the strategically vital Ryukyu island chain last month.

Ukraine’s drones have taken a heavy toll on Russian ships and ports, offering valuable lessons in asymmetrical warfare.

Meeting in Hawaii on Wednesday and Thursday was first face-to-face consultation since Xi Jinping and Joe Biden agreed to resume military dialogue in November.

The PLA said the war in its neighbour’s northern region ‘seriously threatened’ security and stability as well as residents’ safety in both countries.

Daniel Duggan was arrested in 2022 and was accused of breaking US law by training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers.

Jakarta and Beijing pledge to strengthen joint drills as Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto meets Chinese defence chief Dong Jun during his first overseas trip since winning his country’s election.

The announcement of the drill in Yunnan province follows a similar exercise held in November as rebel groups began a major offensive against the junta.

The US Navy has an edge over its Chinese counterparts in terms of firepower and access to its supply bases in the region, analysts say.

Promotion could give Wang Renhua and the CMC Political and Legal Affairs Commission, which he heads, more power, observer says.

The emerging Strategic Support Force is leveraging the civilian sector to expand China’s space, cyber, electromagnetic and psychological warfare capabilities.

First images of the aircraft – referred to as the Z-21 – emerged on social media last week.

American defence posture is vulnerable amid Beijing’s build-up of its advanced missiles, warships and technology, influential government panel told.

Congress hears plea for more funding, speed and capability to protect strategically vital American territory as PLA enhances its missile technology.

Eastern naval and coastguard units practise responses to an attack on a flotilla amid tensions in the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwanese authorities have warned off several mainland coastguard vessels amid worries an incident could spark stand-off.