Indo-Pacific Security Watch

China's nuclear expansion has hit emergency levels. Beijing is building 350 new ICBM silos, with over 100 already holding DF-31 missiles and 80+ new...

BRICS, now including Indonesia, is advancing a multipolar order explicitly aimed at shrinking any single nation's dominance, particularly America's....

China imposed a one-year travel ban on four New Zealand MPs—spanning both government and opposition parties—after their May parliamentary trip to...

China's military intelligence services are running an aggressive campaign of fake job ads on LinkedIn, Indeed and Upwork to target Five Eyes...

Defense Secretary Hegseth told lawmakers the Air Force needs a lot more than 100 B-21 Raiders to meet future operational demands. This escalation,...

Taiwan is expanding its anti-ship missile arsenal beyond 1,800 units by early 2029 to counter Chinese blockade or invasion risks.

• The asymmetric...

Taiwan Strait Military Activity

• 🔥 Chinese Aircraft Surge: Taiwan reported 31 Chinese military aircraft operating near its territory, with 22...

Taiwan has unveiled three armed robotic patrol dogs for potential deployment to remote South China Sea islands, underscoring unmanned systems as central to its defense strategy against growing Chinese military pressure near Pratas Island.

Taiwan is considering packs of machine gun-toting robot dogs to guard its islands against a potential Chinese invasion force.

22 of 31 PLA aircraft crossing the median line into Taiwan's ADIZ acts as a calculated coercive signal via gray-zone pressure, forcing Taipei to deploy aircraft, vessels, and missiles while heightening regional instability risks.

Taiwan confronts a $20 billion US weapons backlog amid Beijing's rising military pressure, with industry leaders pushing direct commercial sales for...

At Shangri-La, Indo-Pacific partners used bilateral and multilateral meetings to deepen security cooperation despite mixed US signals toward China.

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NATO and EU strategies now explicitly frame China's assertiveness as a core security challenge, linking it to Russia cooperation and risks to...

Indonesia is accelerating air force modernization through simultaneous deals for Chinese J-10CE fighters and Turkish Kizilelma UCAVs, signaling a...

The IISS Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2026 examines how military doctrine, geography and technology drive security challenges.

• US and...

Taiwan Defense Upgrades

• 🔥 Armed Robot Dogs Unveiled: Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology demonstrated three robot...

CGTN's analysis positions the Shangri-La Dialogue as a key forum revealing tensions between US-led alliance coordination and China's push for "common...

Senate exchange between Rubio and Coons exposed mixed signals on US arms support for Taiwan.

• Rubio stated policy is unchanged and the package...

• US forces quietly staged sensitive military assets at Subic Bay for 2026-2027, marking the first sustained American logistics presence there in over...

Taiwan is rapidly fielding armed robot dogs as a low-cost asymmetric tool to deter Chinese pressure across the Strait.

• NCSIST-developed systems on...