This pool photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik shows Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shaking hands during a meeting in Beijing on October 18, 2023. (Sergei Guneyev/AFP via Getty Images) HALIFAX, CANADA — The growing ties between China, Russia, Iran and North Korea have been the source of Western leaders’…
China confirmed on October 22 that it has reached an agreement with India to end the border standoff in eastern Ladakh, PTI reported. “Over a recent period, China and India have been in close communication through diplomatic and military channels on issues related to the China-India border,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping called this week for troops to strengthen their preparedness for war, state media reported on Saturday, just days after Beijing staged large-scale military drills around Taiwan. Xi made his comments while visiting a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force on Thursday, according to state-run broadcaster CCTV. Xi…
DETROIT ARSENAL, Michigan — Two industry teams competing to design a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle replacement have completed preliminary design reviews, clearing a hurdle ahead of the next milestone in 2025, Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, Army program executive officer for ground combat systems, said. American Rheinmetall Vehicles and General Dynamics Land Systems were chosen from…
Text size The Israeli military said it intercepted two projectiles fired from Lebanon on Wednesday shortly after air raid sirens blared in and around the coastal town of Caesarea, south of Haifa. Sirens were also sounded elsewhere in northern Israel, a day after the army said the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group had fired 180 projectiles…
China has issued a warning over the continued presence of a U.S. Army intermediate-range missile system in the Philippines and talks of deploying it in Japan. A mid-range capability (MRC), or “Typhoon,” missile system was in April deployed to an undisclosed location in the north of Luzon island ahead of joint U.S.-Philippine war games. The…
Text size China sought to cover up the sinking of its newest nuclear-powered submarine, a senior US defense official said on Thursday. The sinking at a shipyard earlier this year was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which also said that satellite imagery later showed large floating cranes arriving to salvage it. “It’s not…