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Taiwan spots new Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian transiting Taiwan Strait
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported that the PLA Navy's Fujian aircraft carrier (CV-18) transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday.
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Donald Trump holds Oval Office meeting on Venezuela amid questions on US s
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The deliberations came as the US has stepped up pressure on Venezuela through strikes on "drug boats" and a significant military build-up in the Caribbean under "Operation Southern Spear." The Pentagon has deployed more than a dozen warships and around 15,000 troops to the region.
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China expands military infrastructure near India
Updated : 6 months ago IST
China is rapidly expanding military and civilian infrastructure in Tibet near the Indian border, improving roads, airfields, railways and logistics to strengthen troop mobility and control. Reports warn these developments enhance China's ability to project force along the LAC and challenge I
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Could China conduct a surprise invasion of Taiwan?
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Conventional wisdom has long said that signs of a Chinese military build-up - such as deploying masses of troops, assets and vessels to areas near the coast opposite Taiwan - would be impossible to hide. However, what if China could stealthily make such preparations and conduct a sudden stri
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Zelenskyy calls for creation of European Army at Munich Security Conferenc
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for the creation of a European Army in response to Russia's military build-up.
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US sheds light on alarming modernisation of PLA
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
China's investment in its armed forces constitutes the single largest military build-up since the end of World War II. The question is, why?
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US expresses concern over Serbian military build-up near Kosovo border
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Following deadly clashes at a monastery in northern Kosovo, Serbia deployed advanced tanks and artillery to the region.
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China nervous over Japan's potential military build-up
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As an impact of geopolitical heat, China, which is arraigned by the international community for its aggressive military positioning in the Indo-Pacific region, has expressed its worries about Japan's military build-up in the region.
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Australia new defence review- Focus on stronger ties with India, Japan ami
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Conducted by a former foreign minister and defence chief, the review said Australia is facing a "radically different" strategic environment, including a military build-up by China, which is "the largest and most ambitious of any country since the end of the (World War II)."
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'Military build-up doomed to fail', says China on Japan's new security pol
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Japanese media said the new strategies outlined in three defence and security documents approved by Japan's cabinet on Friday are a marked departure from post-WWII norms. Most notably, they involve doubling defence spending over the next five years to 2 per cent of GDP in fiscal 2027, Japan'
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China's relentless military build-up comes under scrutiny
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Indeed, Chinese Ministry of National Defense (MND) spokesperson Senior Colonel Tan Kefei evocatively alleged that the report was "distorting China's national defence policy and military strategy, groundlessly speculating about China's military development, and grossly interfering in China's
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Assault on Indian forces along LAC was warning world should heed: Australi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Wednesday said the "assault on Indian forces" along the Line of Actual Control with China in 2020 was a warning that the world should heed. He also noted that Beijing's military build-up is the most ambitious by
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